The serac is part of the Khumbu Icefall, a constantly shifting glacier with deep crevasses and huge overhanging ice that can ...

Collapsing ice in the Khumbu Icefall buried two climbers on May 5, as more than 100 people ascended the glacier to being ...

A 52-year-old guide and mountain worker died while hiking from Gorak Shep to Base Camp, marking the first 2026 fatality for ...

Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35%, making the world’s tallest peak more expensive for mountaineers for the first time in nearly a decade, officials said ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you want to climb the world’s tallest mountain, Nepal wants to see your résumé first. Turns out experience matters and for ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A mountaineer holds on to the rope during an ice climbing session at Everest base camp, Nepal, on April 15, 2025. - Purnima ...

In the past, geologists have disagreed about what to include in their calculations: Should the summit’s snowcap be included? Or should surveyors drill down to the peak’s rock base? What about the ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepal’s mountaineering community celebrated the conquest of the world’s highest mountain with a rally of climbers, guides and others who gathered for International Everest Day. The ...

Nepal's government honored record-holding climbers Monday during celebrations of the first ascent of Mount Everest 70 years ago. The celebrations come amid a growing concern about temperatures rising, ...

(CNN) — As the 2024 Himalayan mountaineering season gets underway, another high-altitude project is in the works: removing tons of trash from Mount Everest. According to the Nepali army, the Mountain ...

New Delhi — A helicopter carrying foreign tourists crashed near Mount Everest in Nepal, killing all six people on board, authorities said Tuesday. The bodies of five Mexican tourists, including three ...