Rising temperatures and intense human activity are destabilising the icy terrain, risking the lives of climbers and sherpas.

Popular Australian YouTuber Anthony Lees – better known as Spanian – has revealed he came terrifyingly close to death during a recent trip to Mount Everest.

Forces of tourism on one hand and climate change on the other are posing huge challenges for these marginal environments.

You could say Dr. Blake Higgins was destined to climb Mount Everest. Even though his parents — longtime owners of the American Ski Exchange in Vail — weren’t hardcore mountaineers, they did name their ...

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The climbing season in the Himalayas continues, with high-altitude expeditions taking on K2 and other 8,000-meter peaks in the Karakoram. After a successful spr ...

CHILAS: Kolouchova Klara, a climber from the Czech Republic, lost her life while summiting Nanga Parbat after falling from a ...

In the north of the country, a village that has been isolated from the outside world for centuries is suffering from the ...

Courtesy of Ma Chunlin. From 6,500 meters above sea level, a drone rises over the jagged icefields and snow-capped ridges of Mount Qomolangma. It glides pa ...