The Gate to Mount Everest is Open. But Deadly Dangers Remain.

The Icefall Doctors have finished the most dangerous job in mountaineering. Here is what this year’s path to the summit looks ...

The superathletes who want to speed-run Mount Everest

Two of the world's most accomplished mountain runners are planning to do something most would find unthinkable—race up and ...

More than 300 people have died climbing Everest. A retired Sherpa returns to the mountain to bring home a body

About 200 bodies remain on the mountain, frozen in ice and snow. In Everest Dark, famed climber Mingma Tsiri Sherpa leads an ...

She Set the Speed Record on the World’s Highest Peaks. Now, She’s Saying Goodbye to Everest.

The Norwegian climber, who holds the speed record on the 8000ers, is planning an audacious challenge on Mount Everest this spring ...

Death rates on Mount Everest have declined dramatically over the last century, new study finds

A new study analyzing Mount Everest expeditions spanning more than a century has found that death rates among climbers have ...

Everest will be crowded again days after deaths

Days after four people died amid a traffic jam of climbers scrambling to conquer Mount Everest, Nepal officials said a similar rush up the world's tallest peak will begin soon, and there's little they ...

Woman with incurable cancer targets Everest summit

A woman from West Yorkshire with incurable cancer has reached Mount Everest Base Camp in her challenge to climb the world's ...
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As Mount Everest season opens, climber is 'concerned but confident' about reaching the summit

Until Tuesday, Mount Everest was imperiled because of a huge and unstable ice block that was preventing climbers from making ...