The world's highest mountain is buckling under the weight of its popularity. Thankfully, a few organizations have stepped in ...

SITTING at an altitude of 26,000ft is a multi-coloured valley littered with the frozen remains of the victims of Mount Everest ... cramped and narrow trail. The high altitude is also a problem ...

Elite climber Phil Ershler made the first American ascent of Mt. Everest's North Face on October 20, 1984. On that day, Phil and John Roskelley left high camp very late in the season and climbed ...

A couple from northwestern Ontario say they're breathing a little easier after becoming the first people from their First Nations to reach base camp on the world's highest mountain. Marietta and ...

Arching over 8,849 metres (29,032ft) into the sky, Everest is the world’s tallest mountain. But will it always be? Aurora Elmore was approaching Mount Everest's South Base Camp in Nepal.

which leads to high camp at approximately 18,400 feet. The mountain was named Island Peak in 1953 by members of a British Everest expedition, as it resembles an island in a sea of ice when viewed ...

At 5am, the sky above the world’s highest ... as much as a camp. Pangboche, at 4000m, is a “grandstand to grandeur”.Credit: Tim Charody The accumulation of rubbish on Mt Everest has been ...

KOCHI: In a unique blend of faith and adventure, two priests from Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese made history by reaching the base camp of Mount Everest, the world's highest peak. What made their ...

A Northwestern Ontario couple have proudly carried the flags of their First Nations to a place few Indigenous people from Canada have been before: base camp on the world’s highest mountain.

Summiting Nepal's Mount ... and high-altitude coverage. I had two main criteria: medical evacuation and primary coverage for emergency medical events. While the trek to Everest Base Camp doesn ...

there's every possibility that another mountain could overtake Everest," Butler told Live Science. "But in terms of doing something significant, like peaks that are 10 kilometers [6 miles] high, I ...