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2 climbers die on Mount Everest; expedition organizers still deciding if and when bodies will be retrieved
Two people died while climbing Mount Everest as hundreds of climbers are attempting to scale the world's highest peak, ...
NCC expedition team, comprising youngest climbers with average age of 19 years, successfully scales Mt Everest
The National Cadet Corps (NCC) has reached a significant milestone as its expedition team successfully scaled Mount Everest (8,848m) on Sunday. According to a release from the Ministry of Defence, the ...
Deaths and Rescues Amid the Summit Push on Mount Everest
On Friday, May 16, word circulated that a climber from India named Subrata Gosh had died on Mount Everest after descending from the summit to the Hillary Step at an elevation of 28,839 feet. Outside ...
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She escaped an avalanche and became the first woman to summit Everest. Today, few remember her name
In Nepal and around the world ... Tabei, for example, was appalled at the degradation mountaineering had caused to Mount Everest, and spoke out about the need for responsible mountaineering ...
Nepal hosts environment conference as Himalayan glaciers melt
An environment conference has opened in Nepal to discuss global climate change, including the impact on the highest Himalayan ...
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Rabe becomes 9th Pinoy to summit Everest
Rhisael Rabe has become the ninth Filipino mountaineer to successfully reach the summit of Mount Everest. Rabe, who hails ...
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Chomolungma Controversy: China's Name Game at Nepal's Sagarmatha Sambaad
At Nepal's Sagarmatha Sambaad, China's Vice Chairman Xiao Jie exclusively used the Chinese name 'Chomolungma' for Mount ...
The King of Side Quests: Olympian Nick Symmonds Just Climbed Mount Everest
On Thursday, Symmonds fulfilled a longtime goal, submitting the tallest mountain in the world, Mount Everest, and becoming ...
Four men court controversy with audacious plan to scale Everest in one week
The itinerary is simple. Four British men will hop on a plane Friday in London, fly roughly 4,600 miles to Kathmandu in Nepal ...