Everest

a few climbers with headlamps on the summit of Everest at sunrise

Everest Numbers Approach Final Tally as Summit Wave Fades

At least 570 climbers, including foreigners and locals, have...
May 24, 2024
Phunjo Lama at an airport, with sunglasses and a cap

Records Fall on Everest: Phunjo Lama Climbs in 14.5 hours

Local climbers are claiming records on the highest peak...
May 23, 2024
Climbers on Everest summit ridge, a gap on it, a clmiber hangs from the fixed rope and tried to crawl up back to the ridge

Terrifying Footage of Everest Cornice Accident

As Everest climbers return to a wifi connection in...
May 23, 2024
a climber points four fingers on the summit of Everest

Everest’s Lonely North Side Summited Today

The team from Furtenbach Adventures summited Everest this morning...
May 23, 2024
Piotr Krzyżowski at Camp 2 on Everest

Everest and Lhotse Without O2 in Single Push

Forty-eight hours after summiting Lhotse, Piotr Krzyzowski of Poland...
May 23, 2024
Black and White photo of Cheruiyot Kirui on Everest.

Kenyan Found Dead on Everest, Guide Still Missing

A search team has found Kenyan climber Joshua Cheruiyot...
May 23, 2024
Close shot of Skalzang Rigzin with sunglasses and baseball cap

Indian Summits Everest No-O2

Climbing without supplementary oxygen, Skalzang Rigzin of India summited...
May 23, 2024
Kami Rita Sherpa with ice background

Kami Rita Sherpa Sets New Everest Summits Record

For thousands of people worldwide, summiting Everest is at...
May 22, 2024
climbers in line along the ridge of Everest in the morning

Two More Missing on Everest

Seven Summit Treks reports that two team members have...
May 22, 2024
Climbers on O2 at the traverse on Everest north side

Everest North Side: One Small Team Heads For the Summit

Climbers currently enduring endless queues on the South Side...
May 22, 2024
Climbers rest sitting on the snow, 2 bottles of O2 by them, and the summit ridge of Everest in background

Two More Feared Dead on Everest, Four Others Survive Close Call

Crowds are inevitably creating chaos on Everest. Yesterday, four...
May 22, 2024
Lingtren and Everest Base camp tents

Elite Exped Clears Up Permitting Controversy

Recently, a story by The Himalayan Times stated that...
May 21, 2024
tens on the slope of Lhotse face and three climbers clipped to fixed ropes

Man Dies in His Tent at Camp 3 on Everest-Lhotse

Gabriel Tabara of Romania has died in Camp 3,...
May 21, 2024
Sirbaz without sunglasses, holding a banner of an undetermined summit.

Sirbaz Khan Summits a Crowded Everest Without O2

An endless flow of climbers joined the long line...
May 21, 2024
A line of Everest climbers in the night, the snow illuminated by their headlamps.

Everest Tension: Uncertain Weather and 200 Would-Be Summiters Tomorrow

Climbers heading toward the summit of Everest in huge...
May 20, 2024
Hugo Ayaviri gives a thumbs-up at Everest Base Camp before heading up the moraine

Hugo Ayaviri Summits Lhotse Without Oxygen

Hugo Ayaviri of Bolivia is fulfilling his ambitious goal,...
May 20, 2024
Lingtren in a semi cloudy day, Khumbu, Nepal

Purja, Elite Exped Accused of Breaking Everest Rules

Editor's note, May 21: Elite Exped has clarified the...
May 19, 2024

Rush Hour Begins on Everest

With the arrival of good weather, the flood of...
May 19, 2024
The climber on the summit, holding a flag in sunny but very windy weather

Mongolians Died Descending From Summit of Everest

Usukhjargal Tsedendamba and Prevsuren Lkhagvajav of Mongolia were determined...
May 19, 2024
The climbers smile to the camer with sunglasses and caps

Purja Retrieves Bodies from Shisha Pangma

Nirmal Purja has recovered the bodies of Mingmar Sherpa...
May 18, 2024
The two Mongolian climbers missing on Everest.

Missing Mongolian Climbers Found Dead On Everest

A search team dispatched by 8K Expeditions has found...
May 17, 2024
Everest as seen from the north side, very dry and with a wind plume blowing from the summit.

Everest’s Quiet North Side: Summit Pushes Begin

Just a week after teams received their permits to...
May 17, 2024
three portraits

Everest Film Will Star Dafoe, Hiddleston

Electronics giant Apple has secured film rights to the...
May 15, 2024
Sherpa smiling on the summit of Everest with Makalu behind him

Everest: As Bad Weather Continues, Impatience Grows

Some forecasts suggest that the weather window that opened...
May 15, 2024

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