Amateur climbers are set to be banned from scaling Mount Everest under a new law to deter influencers and overcrowding.

Climbing influencers face an Everest ban under tough new rules designed to stop inexperienced adventurers from risking their lives on the world’s highest mountain. Amateur climbers are being banned ...

Nepali mountaineer Tashi Gyalzen Sherpa has been recognized by Guinness World Records for summiting Mount Everest four times in a single spring season, a feat he completed within 15 days in May 2025.

Kathmandu, Nepal — Renowned Sherpa mountain guide Kami Rita completed the scaling of Mount Everest for a record 30th time Wednesday, his second climb this month to the top of the world. The ...

The Death Zone, above 8,000 meters on Mount Everest, is a literal physiological boundary where the human body cannot survive ...

A window of calm conditions on Mount Everest allowed more than 100 climbers to reach the summit on Wednesday, May 17. Multiple expedition operators reported their successes throughout the day, among ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal -- A Nepali Sherpa has reached the top of Everest for the 27th time, breaking the world record for total number of summits of the world's tallest, and one of its deadliest, mountains.

Near the top of the world’s highest peak, climbers sometimes spot seashells and delicate crinoid stems locked inside pale limestone, a jarring sight in the thin, frozen air. Those fossils formed on an ...