Everest

Tyler Andrews in the Khumbu before his fastest known time attempt.

The Everest Race is Over, Tyler Andrews Ends FKT Attempt

Tyler Andrews has abandoned his Fastest Known Time (FKT)...
Close shot of Karl Egloff

Egloff Abandons Everest Race; Andrews Continues & Nears South Col

Karl Egloff of Ecuador, climbing without supplementary oxygen, turned...
Tyler Andres tracker on an Everest map

Everest Runners Approach Camp 3

Tyler Andrews of the U.S. and Karl Egloff of...
The XeClimbers pose back at Everest Base Camp

Xenon Climbers Return to London in Under a Week

The four Xenon-assisted climbers have succeeded in completing an...
Close shot of Karl Egloff with Everest behind him.

Everest Runners Face High Winds — Tyler Andrews Will Use O2

Karl Egloff of Ecuador and Tyler Andrews of the...
Climbers on a fixed rope going up on Rverest

Everest: Hurried Summits Hours Before the Season Ends

A significant number of climbers summited Everest today from...
Tents and climbers on the wide South Col of Everest.

Everest: The Final Wave Begins, Amid Rumors of an Early Closure

Everest has had nearly 500 summits so far, but...
Brit climbers on O2 wave a Union Jack on the summmit of Everest.

Xenon Climbers Summit Everest in Five Days from Home

All four members of the Furtenbach Adventures team who...
Climbers queue along the summit ridge of Everest, in high winds.

Everest: Would-Be Summiters Continue Despite High Winds

Weather forecasts are particularly complex this season, as the...
A climber on Everest summit ridge under the stars

Everest: 135 Sunday Summits, Two Dead on Lhotse, Wind Alert

Yesterday, a whopping 135 climbers reached the top of...
portrait of smiling climber

Summits, Summits, and More Summits Today on Everest

A long line of climbers has been marching toward...
Cosmonauts on the ISS chatting with their colleague in Everest Base Camp.

Russian Cosmonaut Calls International Space Station from Everest

Earlier this week, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazansky made a...
The Russian climber during the longline helicopter rescue.

Everest Summit Wave Begins Tomorrow; One Climber Longline Rescued From 7,200m

After only a trickle of summits for several days...
Subrata Ghosh.

Second Foreigner Dies on Everest; Everest-Lhotse Summits

Subrata Ghosh, a 45-year-old from West Bengal, India, has...
Close shot of Philipp II Santiago with sunburnt face in Everest Base Camp

Everest: First Deaths; Main Summit Wave This Weekend

Philipp Santiago II of the Philippines died at Camp...
Studio photo of four Everest climbers in black feather jackets

Everest Xenon Climbers Ready to Go

The British team, which aims to complete an Everest...
wide open mountain area with snow and a few backlit climbers

Dozens of Everest Climbers Summit During a Pocket Window

Although most climbers plan to summit Everest from May...
black and white portrait of woman pointing

50 Years Ago, Junko Tabei Became the First Woman to Summit Everest

BY JENNY HALL It was May 4, 1975. The Japanese...
A climber jumaring on a vertical serac on Everest.

Everest: Waves of Climbers Move Up From Base Camp

High winds on Everest's upper slopes make it too...
climber going up a ladder

Exclusive: Tyler Andrews on his First Everest FKT Attempt

Tyler Andrews is back at Base Camp after attempting...
Mitch Hutchcraft holds a banner with photos of relatives and friends perished, on the summit of Everest, in a sunny but windy day.

Everest: A Few Summits, But High Winds Now Delay Further Climbs

The first international climbers reached the top of Everest...
tents pitched close to each other on a snowloaded col on the north side of Everest.

Earthquake in Tibet Shakes Everest North Side

A 5.5 earthquake hit Tibet this morning, shaking the...
A tiny line of climbers up a snow slope on the pyramidal summit of Everest.

First Summits on Everest North Side

The rope-fixing team assigned by the China-Tibet Mountaineering Association...

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