It’s about that time of year when you might be thinking about your goals for the new year. Maybe you want to get more active ...

The death rate on Mount Everest, the world’s tallest mountain, is about 1%. The number increases to 4% of those who summit, as most climbers perish on the descent. K2, known as the 'savage ...

In 2022, Montes reached the highest spot in South America, summiting Aconcagua in Argentina. In 2023, along with climbing ...

Jost Kobusch of Germany endured high winds, treacherous climbing, and high winds to achieve record-breaking success on Mt.

If you imagine the summit of Mount Everest, you might picture a quiet, snowy peak far from civilisation. But a striking photo, taken by mountaineer Nirmal Purja, shows how the reality can be a lot ...

At much higher altitudes, our bodies cannot function properly. But if climbers want to summit Mount Everest, the tallest peak in the world at 29,029 feet (8,848 meters or 5.5 miles) above sea ...

More than 340 people have died trying to climb Mount Everest, according to Nepalese officials, so finding human remains on the mountain is not exactly uncommon. However, the discovery of a frozen ...

Mount Everest saw two record-breaking climbs on Sunday with a Nepali sherpa making the most ever summits and a British climber setting the record for a foreigner. Kami Rita Sherpa, 54, scaled the ...

Mount Everest is Earth’s tallest mountain – towering 8.85km above sea level – and it is still growing. Along with the rest of the Himalayas, it is continuing an inexorable uplift that dates ...