Experience a breathtaking helicopter tour of Nepal, starting at sunrise from Kathmandu Airport around 6:20 am. This 5-hour ...

Mount Everest towers more than 29,000 feet above sea level.

The world has a fascination with Mount Everest – one that brings both money and destruction to Nepal's Himalayan region. Now, ...

President Trump is making new threats to U.S. trade partners. These partners may be refusing pressure, but also ...

In his latest video dispatch, Ben Ayers discusses the big storylines that shaped the spring climbing season on the world’s ...

The climbing season in the Himalayas continues, with high-altitude expeditions taking on K2 and other 8,000-meter peaks in the Karakoram. After a successful spr ...

The Southeast Ridge ascent passes the familiar landmarks that, over the decades, have come to define the peak: Khumbu Icefall ...

In Tibet, climbing Mount Kailash is prohibited by the Chinese government because it revered by the Hindus, Buddhists and ...

Climbing Mount Everest is widely considered one of the most difficult challenges a mountaineer can undertake. Its towering peak, standing at 8,848 meters above sea level, demands extraordinary ...

Deal with Beijing will speed China’s export of minerals to the US, treasury secretary says The agreement comes after China retaliated against steep import tariffs imposed by Trump by slowing ...

You could say Dr. Blake Higgins was destined to climb Mount Everest. Even though his parents — longtime owners of the American Ski Exchange in Vail — weren’t hardcore mountaineers, they did name their ...