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

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.

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

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 ...

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 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 ...

For months, Jeno Panganiban and Miguel Mapalad of the Philippine 14 Peaks Expedition team had spoken of scaling Mount Everest ... the last Filipino to summit Everest, offered invaluable insights.

PETALING JAYA: A firefighter is gearing up to scale Mount Everest to raise funds for his ... ahead from the Sherpa before proceeding to the summit. “I am grateful that all preparations are ...

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.

An MP will attempt to climb to the summit of Mount Everest and return to London within seven days, to raise awareness of veteran welfare. Veterans and people minister Alistair Carns, with three ...