The use of xenon gas may help cut the usual trip time from weeks to days. But not all members of the climbing community ...

For several years now, Rainbow Mountain in Peru has been rivaling Machu Picchu. National Geographic magazine even included it ...

While top leaders, including Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba, have been vehemently preaching for the success of Sagarmatha ...

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Tyler Andrews owns numerous speed climbing records. His summit attempt on the world’s highest mountain, without supplementary oxygen, recently stalled. After ab ...

Japanese climber Junko Tabei was part of an-woman team climbing Mount Everest. Despite almost being crushed in an avalanche, ...

Junko Tabei's summit of Everest on May 16, 1975 was not her hardest battle. It took her a lifetime to be acknowledged as a true pioneer.

Four ex-military friends are planning to summit Everest without the usual lengthy acclimitization period, relying on ...

Former Royal Marine Mitch Hutchcraft summited Mount Everest on Sunday to complete the 'world's longest triathlon'.

The first international climbers reached the top of Everest on Sunday, but that sprinkling of summiters will have to suffice ...

Despite the extraordinary feats of Tabei and many other adventurous women, sexism and misogyny in mountaineering have persisted for decades.

Mount Everest climbs hit record highs 70 years after the first ascent, raising concerns over overcrowding, safety and environmental impact.