BEIJING (AP) — Local authorities have shut down a popular hiking destination on Mount Everest in China's Tibet region because of heavy snowfall and icy conditions. Tourism officials said Zhufeng peak ...

BEIJING (AP) — About 900 hikers, guides and other staff who were stranded by a weekend snowstorm on the Chinese side of Mount Everest have reached safety, state media said late Tuesday. A severe storm ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — China and Nepal have jointly announced a new official height for Mount Everest, ending a discrepancy between the two nations that share a border on the world's highest mountain. The ...

The bodies typically do not decompose on Mount Everest because of the cold temperature. They sometimes break down due to extreme weathering in the glaciers.

BEIJING (AP) — Rescuers were helping hundreds of hikers trapped by heavy snow at tourist campsites on a slope of Mount Everest in Tibet, Chinese state media said. About 350 hikers had reached a ...

In this photo taken Oct. 4, 2025 and released by Lingsuiye, villagers with their oxen and horses ascend the mountain during rescue efforts to reach hundreds of hikers trapped by heavy snow at tourist ...