Four climbers went up and down Everest in under a week with the help of xenon gas—a record-breaking ascent that has ignited ...

It was a travesty—two travesties, actually, separate but inextricably linked. In May 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, a ...

Four British climbers became the first to scale Mount Everest on Wednesday using Xenon gas, which helped them save several weeks that mountaineers need to get used to high altitudes, an official ...

In his latest video dispatch, Ben Ayers discusses the big storylines that shaped the spring climbing season on the world’s ...

A group of British men went from London to the summit of Everest and back in less than a week with the help of xenon gas. Mountaineers and the Nepalese government weren’t pleased.

Everest climbers complete last leg of seven-day mission The four British military veterans say they still haven’t processed a speed climb for which they used xenon gas to acclimatize before the ...

Four men court controversy with audacious plan to scale Everest in one week The use of xenon gas may help cut the usual trip from weeks to days.

Mount Everest’s Record-Setting Sherpa Sees a Future of Snowless Mountains and Fewer Guides Kami Rita Sherpa scaled Mount Everest for the 31st time on Tuesday.

Four British climbers pose on the summit of Mount Everest in Nepal last Wednesday. The mountain guide who arranged their trek said he and the team had inhaled xenon gas in Germany before embarking ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Using xenon gas treatment and the latest technology is making climbing Mount Everest not just faster but also better for the environment, cutting down garbage and waste, a ...

Mount Everest’s Xenon-Gas Controversy Will Last Forever History is repeating itself in the world of controversial sports records.