Mount Everest's Sherpas are considering a climbing boycott following the deadliest avalanche in the mountain's history. Several Sherpas have already quit, while others are still mulling over a boycott ...

A fatal race made Tracee Metcalfe the closest to becoming the first American woman to summit all of the world’s 8,000-meter ...

All of the tallest mountains in the world are located in Asia, either in the Himalayas or the Karakorum ranges. Of the 10 ...

Climbing Mt. Everest is an undeniably ambitious achievement. If this is an undertaking you wish to accomplish, here is our ...

The first avalanche missed the only climbing team ... This year, several teams went to the Himalayas to attempt winter ascents on Mt. Everest, Manaslu, Makalu and Annapurna. Winter Ascents of ...

Mount Everest is 29,029 feet high and is where you ... “Another tragic day happened on April 14th, 2014, when an avalanche took out 16 Nepali climbing guides. The two devasting days have gone ...

On snow-covered battlefields like the Himalayas, the Army wants its junior leadership to become decision-makers at the ...

Mt. Everest - The West Ridge / Solviova Liudmyla ... Imagine ski touring without an avalanche beacon or an airbag…Imagine sport climbs without bolts. Science and technology improve safety.

Pemba Tshering Sherpa, who survived Friday's avalanche on Mount Everest, describes his experience on the mountain that day. Photo: Narendra Shrestha for The Wall Street Journal ...

Aged just 21 in 1996 – before anyone had ever heard his name – Bear was skydiving over Zambia during an SAS training exercise ...

On the 66th anniversary of the disputed first ascent of Cerro Torre in Patagonia by Cesare Maestri and Toni Egger, we examine ...