Austrian guide Lukas Furtenbach will lead a one-week trip to the top of Everest and back this year. Prior to the ascent, he ...

Mt. Everest may get smart solar-powered traffic lights and advisory signs, all linked to the number of climbers and weather ...

Everest, the world's highest peak. The Expedition Operators Association of Nepal (EOAN) today handed over ropes and necessary assignments to 8K Expeditions Pvt. Ltd. to build summit routes on Mt.

When the main climbing season begins next month on Mount ... routes, and remove waste that is typically left behind. Goods that would normally take seven hours to be transported by foot from ...

A particularly difficult undertaking is the crossing of the Khumbu Icefall, southwest of the Mount Everest summit ... to retrieve ladders for setting up routes and to carry away waste left ...

Though Jason Clarke and Jake Gyllenhaal lead an A-list cast in Everest, the real star of the 2015 movie is the mountain itself. Located in the Himalayas near the China-Nepal border, Mount Everest ...

Everest and K2. The push to Annapurna’s summit begins today. Annapurna’s name, derived from Sanskrit, means "Goddess of the Harvests," symbolizing abundance. Despite its name, Annapurna's ...

More than 300 people have died climbing Mount Everest — the tallest peak in the world, located in the Himalayas near the China-Nepal border. On May 10, 1996, four different expeditions attempted ...

A team of researchers is making final preparations for a trip to Mount Everest in Nepal next ... sections of the South Col route to Everest's summit—while their equipment is transported by ...

KATHMANDU -- Pemba Sherpa was at the resting spot known as The Balcony, which, at 8,430 meters, is the last level area before the summit of Mount Everest, when he decided not to keep going up.