The condition of the rock face has been the source of intense speculation among the climbing community since six-time Everest summiteer Tim Mosedale declared it had crumbled. "The Hillary Step is no ...
Mount Everest is the highest peak on Earth at 8849m. It's beautiful, magical, and also one of the most hostile environments a human being can enter. Above 8000 metres lies the notorious death zone, a ...
An Indian mountaineer and another from the Philippines died on Mount Everest, marking the first casualties of the world’s highest peak’s spring climbing season this year, said hiking officials on ...
A trip to India to find work led to a career climbing the world’s highest mountain. By Victor Mather The first people to climb Mount Everest were Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, in 1953. But no ...
Every spring, climbers trudge to the summit of Mount Everest along two different routes. On the peak’s southern flank, several hundred ascend the popular Southeast Ridge route, which takes in many of ...