Mount Everest, the most familiar peak to people. Mountaineers regard climbing Everest as a glory of self-conquest, while ...

High above the Himalayas, where the air grows thin and the risks rise, a drone roughly the weight of a baby yak, but with ...

Between mid-April and mid-May, the drones operated by Nepal-based firm Airlift Technology handled more than 280 kilograms of ...

The expression goes “everyone has their own Everest to climb,” but one Illinois man took it literally and embarked on a<a ...

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

In his latest video dispatch, Ben Ayers explains why climbers and guides frequently catch the dreaded “Khumbu Cough” ...

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

You could say Dr. Blake Higgins was destined to climb Mount Everest. Even though his parents — longtime owners of the ...

A central Illinois man climbed out of the regions corn and soy fields to summit the tallest mountain in the world — with his ...