Karl Egloff of Ecuador has run from Aconcagua Base Camp to the main and south summits and back in 8 hrs 49 min. He is ...

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

Nepal has sharply increased the climbing permit fees for Qomolangma, which is also known as Mount Everest in the West, and ...

“It will work this way - bottles of oxygen and hydrogen are flown and yak-ed in to base camp and then flown out and yak-ed ...

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We were five Americans, our guide Sunil and six Sherpa porters. Our trek was from Lukla, Nepal to Mount Everest base camp.

Jornet quite literally ran to the peak of Everest, back down again, and then repeated the feat. Why? Because he didn’t want to get bored at Everest base camp. ‘We went there and conditions were ...

Lukas Furtenbach explains why using Xenon to help climb Everest in a week is a new tool but is really no different than familiar aids like bottled oxygen.

The "Death Zone" above 8,000 meters presents severe pressures: lack of oxygen, freezing temperatures, and extreme physical ...

“Everest became really a very clear opportunity ... humans just don’t do well for extended periods of time, even on oxygen.” After a short rest at Camp IV, the team broke up into pairs ...

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