Hundreds of hikers were trapped at an elevation of more than 4,900m after the region was hit by heavy snowfall on Friday and Saturday. Mount Everest stands about 8,850m tall.

But it was to be a mission that would be remembered for tragedy as well as triumph. The south-west face of Everest, which is ...

Andrzej Bargiel, 37, completed the historic ascent after two previous attempts, navigating the ‘death zone’ and treacherous Khumbu Icefall on a continuous ski descent ...

China turned the base of the world's highest mountain into a "theme park" with 500,000 annual visitors, and today mourns a tragedy. "There are no rescue teams there," says Sebastián Álvaro, a ...

Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain, and a view that no camera can do justice. It's a far-fetched dream for many to even attempt the climb - you have to be incredibly physically fit, the ...

In the 41 years since the first Australians summitted Mt Everest, the mountain has been transformed into a tourist attraction ...

One particularly memorable account of failure there described temperatures of twenty degrees below zero and winds that drove ...

As world leaders flock here in New York this month for the 80th United Nations General Assembly, it is coincidentally a special time to remember, perhaps, the most revered Secretary General of the ...

Poland's Andrzej Bargiel became the first climber to ski down the world's highest mountain without supplemental oxygen, his ...

On 1975, Doug Scott and Dougal Haston stood on the summit of Everest after the first complete ascent of the Southwest Face.

Andrzej Bargiel summited Everest and skied all the way down to Base Camp without supplemental O2 on September 22, his press ...