Over 120 climbers have already secured permits to attempt to summit the world's highest peak – twice as many as at this time ...

This Everest season, Karl Egloff and Tyler Andrews will try speed ascents. Kaji Sherpa holds the record, set in 1998, but not ...

Victor Asenov battled sleeplessness and exhaustion for nearly two full days and covered the vertical gain equivalent of Mt.

Satellite images reveal that the elevation at which snow accumulates on the Himalayan mountains is rising at abnormal rates. According to NASA's Earth Observatory, the higher snow lines have concerned ...

Around 420 foreign climbers are expected to arrive in Nepal to scale the world's highest peak Mt Everest (8,848.86 metres) alone. Similarly around 80 climbers have secured expedition teams to ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Researchers are investigating why the ice of a glacier on Mount Everest is near the melting point despite sub-freezing air temperatures. They hypothesize that ...

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A new chapter in Mount Everest expeditions is about to begin. For the first time, drones will be deployed to transport supplies, carry equipment, and remove waste along some of the mountain’s most ...

Sherpas on Mount Everest are fearing for their jobs after plans were announced to use Chinese drones to ferry equipment up and down the world’s tallest mountain. Perilous tasks that used to take ...