History is repeating itself in the world of controversial sports records.

The use of xenon gas by a group of British mountaineers before they began an expedition to climb the world's highest mountain ...

Rather than taking weeks or months, climbers are trying to summit Everest in just 7 days by inhaling xenon gas. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Dr. Peter Hackett, a pioneer in altitude research.

Should scaling Mount Everest, one of sporting’s greatest accomplishments, be made easier — available to more people during a ...

A group of British climbers have sparked a fierce debate after they reached the summit of Mount Everest in less than a week, crediting xenon gas as their secret weapon to acclimatize much quicker to ...

The itinerary is simple. Four British men hopped on a plane Friday in London, flew roughly 4,600 miles to Kathmandu in Nepal and then boarded a helicopter to Mount Everest’s base camp.

This, they hope, will be made possible by inhaling the noble gas xenon 10 days prior, as part of a tour with Furtenbach Adventures. “Before you can go to climb Mount Everest, you need to adapt ...

They also received an unusual treatment of xenon gas, doing the climb under the direction of Lukas Furtenbach, who has been trying different methods over the years to shorten the time spent on ...

Lukas Furtenbach of Furtenbach Adventures and his Mission Everest Team just summited Mount Everest in extremely windy conditions, five days after leaving the U.

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