The permit fee for climbing the giant peak has been upped by 36% in a move that will cost climbers thousands more.

Mount Everest stands at 29,032 feet, the highest point on Earth. It’s a symbol of human dreams and goals. Since 1953, about 4,000 climbers have reached its top. This mountain, known as Sagarmatha in ...

Tibet's earthquake of magnitude 6.8 that killed 126 and damaged four water reservoirs this week highlights the risks from a hydropower building spree by Asian giants China and India in one of the ...

Of the 514 people who have summited I, only six have done so in winter. This is the story of those six, and of the many ...

This spring, a group of commercial climbers plan to summit Everest in just a week by chemically boosting their ...

Geomorphologist and veteran climber Ludovic Ravanel is learning how Mont Blanc is shifting—and sharing his discoveries with ...

The epicentre was around 80 km north of Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain and a popular destination for climbers ...

As the crisp fall breezes ebb away to make room for the icy hands of winter, it is important to stay on top of outerwear to get through the snow in style. December gave us a hint of the ice storms and ...

German mountaineer Jost Kobusch has terminated his ambitious project to climb the West Ridge of Everest alone, in winter and ...

Mr Hinett, 38, sustained 37 per cent burns to his face, hands, arms, legs and stomach and went through 16 operations over ...

Hosts Richard Kyte and Scott Rada explore the paradox of valuing diversity while facing the erosion of cultural ...