The North Col (Col is a Welsh word, which means saddle) is the low point of one of the three great ridges that emanate from the summit of Mount Everest. In this case the North Ridge drops ...

May 31, 2021 - Mountaineers lined up on a slope during their ascent to summit of Mount Everest (8,848.86-meters ... snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro in the background at Kimana Sanctuary in Kimana ...

Of all deaths from 1950 to 2019 in non-Sherpa climbers during a summit bid on Mount Everest, about 35 per cent were caused by falls, with other leading causes being exhaustion (22 per cent ...

Experienced mountain climber Cory Richards reached the top of Mount Everest on Tuesday ... Adrian Ballinger after aborting his summit attempt on Everest wearing an oxygen mask.

More than 340 people have died trying to climb Mount Everest ... It is "not known whether the pair ever reached the summit — an important Everest mystery among climbers and historians alike ...

A German Alpinist has reached a new milestone on his ambitious journey to the top of Mount Everest. Jost Kobusch ... Only 4,304ft / 1312m away from the summit, Jost’s latest attempt is the ...

In 1997, I had the privilege of chaperoning the late Sir Edmund Hillary during his visit to support our Malaysia Everest 1997 ... last November on the summit of Mount Batur in Bali.

Pastemba Sherpa, a Mount Everest guide, breaks down every piece of gear Sherpa guides use to summit the world's tallest mountain. All of this equipment needs to be carried up and back, so guides ...

The mountaineer and climber Vanessa Estol became on Saturday the first person of Uruguayan nationality to reach the summit of Mount Everest (8,848.86 meters above sea level). Vanessa, who also has ...

think of Adrian Ballinger and Cory Richards -- two badass mountaineers who used Snapchat to document their climb up Mount Everest last year -- and toughen up. Before they attempt to summit Everest ...

BEIJING--A Chinese government-backed team plans to summit Mount Everest this week at a time when the world's tallest peak has been closed to commercial climbers. Bad weather forced the team ...