Nepal, the landlocked Himalayan country settled between China and India, is regularly hailed as the extreme goal for t ...

"The two had just finished dinner and were settling into their sleeping bags, chatting casually, when Alex suddenly became ...

Four ex-military friends are planning to summit Everest without the usual lengthy acclimitization period, relying on ...

In his latest dispatch, our Everest reporter explains the crucial work done by rope-fixing teams. Plus, one climber’s global ...

Everest is a huge, complex mountain of rock walls, ice and long ridges. The mountain itself straddles the border between ...

A former Royal Marine has reached the summit of Mount Everest after swimming, cycling and running more than 8,000 miles.

Historically, men have dominated the public record in mountaineering. In the last few years, the 70th anniversary of the ...

An American climber died on Mount Makalu in eastern Nepal while raising money for a children’s cancer program, officials said ...

Despite the extraordinary feats of Tabei and many other adventurous women, sexism and misogyny in mountaineering have persisted for decades.

A team of rope-fixing climbers successfully scaled Mt Everest from Nepal side after they opened a climbing route to the ...

It tells the story of the series of events that occurred on May 10 and 11, 1996, which led to eight climbers dying on Everest ...

Our Everest columnist shares some intel on how to avoid illness during the 11-day hike. Plus, a rest day adventure in the ...