After years of planning, the mountaineer Jim Morrison successfully descended the narrow Hornbein Couloir—notching an ...

Outside spoke to the 92-year-old’s family members about the role he played in helping Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary ...

Prayer flags frame a rescue helicopter as it ferries the injured from Everest Base Camp on April 26, 2015, a day after an avalanche triggered by an earthquake devastated the camp.

Nima Tshiring had eight sons and a daughter and although he never submitted himself, most of them have climbed Mt Everest at ...

After years of planning, the mountaineer Jim Morrison successfully descended the narrow Hornbein Couloir—notching an ...

Bhadra Sharma is a journalist covering South Asia focusing on climbing, mountains, climate change, geopolitics and social affairs.

Foreign climbers are on top of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, and in a monastery below Manaslu, Gangdal once held a long ...

The images of Andrzej Bargiel of Poland skiing down a lonely, snowy Everest, on the first complete descent without supplementary oxygen, have made headlines around the world. However, until now, we ...

The must-see movies about Mount Everest are often either inspiring or terrifying documentaries, from Dying for Everest to Sherpa.

There was no crowd there to witness the moment two Australians stood on the summit of Mt Everest for the first time. "This is the summit of Mt Everest, Qomolangma, Mother Goddess of the Earth. It's ...

We climbed towards Camp One on Mount Everest, moving single-file on a fixed line connected to our harnesses. It was around 5:00 a.m. First light had just appeared when we heard the crash to our left.

Tyler Andrews had a lot on his mind when he began his second attempt this season to make the fastest-ever Everest ascent without oxygen. In addition to the climb ahead of him, a recent avalanche had ...