A climbing guide atop Mount Everest captured video of the crowded summit ridge before a cornice collapsed in a tragedy in which two climbers went missing. A second video taken by the climbing ...

At 6 A.M. on May 21, Nepali climbing guide Vinayak Jaya Malla gazed from the summit of Mount Everest for the fourth time in his life. The sun was cresting the horizon, its rays painting the peak ...

These can be planted in the ground outdoors, while Anemone coronaria can also be planted in fall, either in pots indoors or outside in milder areas. Anemone coronaria, commonly known as poppy ...

Twenty-four hours and 26 minutes, without stopping to sleep: Nepal’s Phunjo Lama has just broken the world record for the fastest ascent of Mount Everest by a woman. Her journey from Everest ...

Climbing Mount Everest, the world’s tallest mountain (as measured from sea level), is one of the greatest physical accomplishments humans can achieve. The bitter temperatures, unpredictable ...

The recent death of Australian man Jason Kennison after reaching the summit of Mount Everest highlights how dangerous mountain climbing can be. Details of what went wrong as Kennison descended ...

Climbers navigate the Hillary Step just below the summit of Mount Everest. Photo / AP/Alpenglow Expeditions Mount Everest is one of the most recognisable mountains in the world. Every year ...

When Will Cockrell told me he was writing a book about Mount Everest, he couldn’t see the roll of my eyes. But he’s perceptive enough to have picked up on my lukewarm commitment to being ...

It’s that time again: Mount Everest season. For two months starting in March, thousands of ambitious climbers will travel more than 16,000 feet above sea level to one of Everest’s two main ...

The majority of guides who lead tourists up Mount Everest are Sherpas, an ethnic group. Some Sherpa guides predict that soon, no one from their community will work on the mountain anymore.

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