Everest

Everest Base Camp tents in snow and overcast

Everest: Good Weather Coming, Action Set to Resume

Everyone in Everest Base Camp has been stuck in...
May 1, 2025
Nearly a hundred tents pitched in line on the Khumbu glacier, Everest.

We Analyze What the Proposed New Everest Law Actually Means

While a snowy spell keeps climbers in Base Camp...
April 29, 2025
A large drone soard from Everest Base Camp

One of Everest’s New Drones Forced to Make Emergency Landing

The drones used this year on Everest have not...
April 26, 2025
A climber cross a ladder over a crevasse on Everest, as seen brom below

Khumbu Icefall Collapse on Everest. Everyone Safe

Earlier today, a huge serac collapsed in Everest's Khumbu...
April 25, 2025
A sherpa crosses a big crevasse on Everest

Everest: North Side Ready, South Side Workers Approach Camp 4

Most teams are now settled into Everest Base Camp...
April 23, 2025
old b/w photo of a young climber

Looking Back: A Tragic 1984 Disappearance on Everest’s West Ridge

Earlier this week, we examined the pioneering 1979 ascent...
April 17, 2025
Tents in line on the Khumbu Glacier of Everest in a cloudy day.

Everest: Hundreds Flock to Base Camp in Another Record Year

As Nepal celebrates its new year, which corresponds to...
April 16, 2025
A group of Nepalese drone pilots with a large drone.

Drones on Everest Are Changing the Game

Last week, the Sherpa team known as the Icefall...
April 15, 2025
Sherpas with color flags heading up a glaicer area on Everest in a very foggy day.

Everest’s Khumbu Icefall Is Now Open

It took a final 18 hours of non-stop work...
April 10, 2025
Views of Everest taken from the slopes of the neighbouring Lhotse.

The Controversial 1998 Everest Speed Ascent

This Everest season, Swiss-Ecuadorian Karl Egloff and American Tyler Andrews...
April 7, 2025
A caravan of yaks marching on scree terrain surrounded by snow-covered mountains in a foggy day.

Ama Dablam Summits, First Everest Permits

The lead Sherpa team has finished fixing ropes to...
April 4, 2025
Hutchcraft holding a flower bouquet and wearing several khata scarves around his neck.

UK Triathlete Swims, Cycles, Runs 12,800 Km to Everest

Ultra-distance athlete Mitch Hutchcraft of the UK is one...
April 3, 2025
Tyler Andrews training in the Himalaya last year.

Tyler Andrews on His Upcoming Everest Speed Climb

This year, American Tyler Andrews will try to climb...
March 21, 2025
A large drone soard from Everest Base Camp

Drones Will Guide Sherpas Through the Deadly Khumbu Icefall on Everest

The Sherpa Ice Doctors who find the route through...
March 18, 2025
The ICefall Doctors pose with their uniform jackets in front of a helicopter

Everest Icefall Doctors About to Begin World’s Most Dangerous Job

The Sherpa team in charge of opening a route...
March 10, 2025
four sherpa climbers as seen from behind, as they head toward the mountains while walking on morraine terrain at Everest Base Camp

Lakpa Sherpa On the Upcoming Everest Season

In a few days, Sherpa specialists on Mount Everest...
March 4, 2025
A book shoowing the cover, in front of a bookshelf

Jon Krakauer Confronts YouTube Critic With His Own Series of Videos

Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air recounted the tragic incidents...
February 10, 2025
Egloff smiles and looks up on Aconcagua South summit, with the main summit on rock and snow behind.

Karl Egloff Speeds Up Aconcagua to Prep For Everest in a Day

Karl Egloff of Ecuador has broken an unusual speed...
February 8, 2025
Sherpas at Camp 2 area Everest

The End of an Era? New Regs May Ban Unsupported Climbers on Everest

The cost of Everest climbing permits will rise 36%...
January 23, 2025
Lukas Furtenbach taakes a selfie on Everest as the sun rises behind him.

Everest in a Week: Lukas Furtenbach Enters the Xenon Debate

Recent news of some British climbers intending to climb...
January 22, 2025
Furtenbach with victory sign on the summit of Everest at dawn

You Can Now Climb Everest in a Week Using Xenon Gas: The Implications

A group of commercial Everest climbers plan to complete...
January 13, 2025
Jost Kobusch during his recent solo winter expedition on Everest.

Jost Kobusch Ends His Everest Winter Expedition

Jost Kobusch is heading home, at least for this...
January 11, 2025
Two poles stand on an heli pad, one of them with a line of prayer flags.

Everest Tourism: Khumbu Helicopter Blockades Likely Short-Lived

The multicolored little flags ever-present in high points in Nepal,...
January 8, 2025
Jost Kobusch in full winter, high-altitude attire, with the summit of Everest shinning with alpenglow behind him.

Exclusive: Jost Kobusch Survives Everest Earthquake, ‘Shaken But Fine’

Jost Kobusch is safely back in Lobuche after surviving...
January 7, 2025

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