Everest

A tiny figure with skis in the backpack progress in a maze of ice chunks.

Everest & Manaslu: Rope Fixers Speeding Along

The way to Camp 2 is fixed on Everest,...
September 9, 2022
A clients clad in down suit plays a keyboard brought and held by Sherpas to the summit of Everest

Everest Authorities Not Pleased With Summit Piano Player and Ukrainian Flag Bearer

Nineteen-year-old Juan Diego Martinez Alvarez of Mexico paid $350,000...
September 6, 2022
Group selfie, with climbers, filming crew and sirdar greeting and showing thumbs up.

Bargiel on Everest: Sherpas Begin Fixing Khumbu Icefall

After a night in Lobuche and a hike up...
September 5, 2022
Two climbers sort out geaar in front of a tent

Bargiel Approaches Everest; Japanese Head to Karun Koh

Andrzej Bargiel and his team trekked under Nepal's persistent...
September 2, 2022
mount everest drone footage

Check Out This Everest Footage From a Drone 400m Above the Summit

A team of photographers managed to fly a drone...
August 25, 2022
Andrzej Bargiel presenting the Everest project at a press conference, shared live on YouTube

Andrzej Bargiel to Ski Everest

Not content with K2, extreme skier Andrzej Bargiel has...
August 24, 2022
Rescue helicopter on Everest Photo Vadim Petrakov

Weekend Warm-Up: Disaster on Everest

On the early afternoon of April 25, 2015, a...
July 9, 2022
Jost Kobusch on a summit in the Saas Fee area of Switzerland recently.

Exclusive Interview with Jost Kobusch: Why Isn’t He Soloing Muchu Chhish?

Some media outlets recently reported that Jost Kobusch was...
June 29, 2022
Aerial view of tents at Everest Base Camp

Will Warming Temperatures Soon Make Everest Too Dangerous to Climb?

As the climate warms, the dangers on glaciers and...
June 20, 2022
Track of footprints in the snow on Kangchenjunga

Himalaya, Spring 2022: Changing Times

The 2022 spring Himalayan season has ended and everything...
June 7, 2022

Carla Perez: ‘Altitude Stops the Moment You Switch on the O2’

The Ecuadorian admits that she only begins to struggle...
May 31, 2022

Redeemed: Climber Once Banned From Nepal for ‘False Summit’ Triumphs On Everest

Today, four clients, leader Nirmal Purja, and 15 Sherpas...
May 27, 2022

Winding Down: Last Days on Makalu and Everest

Whatever happens, it will occur before the end of...
May 26, 2022

Final Summit Pushes on Makalu and Everest

Makalu is the final destination of the season for...
May 24, 2022

Everest, Gummy Bears, and Honesty in Climbing

After returning from his remarkable no-O2 climb of Everest...
May 23, 2022

Bad Weather Ends Lhotse South Face Climb and Delays Harila’s Flight to Makalu

Hong Sun-Taek's expedition to the South Face of Lhotse...
May 23, 2022

David Goettler Summits Everest No-O2; Plus, What Exactly is the Everest-Lhotse Traverse?

Good weather held through the weekend, permitting a large...
May 23, 2022
Tight portrait of figure in oxygen mask

Kristin Harila: Everest, Lhotse, and Makalu in Two Days?

Kristin Harila of Norway summited Everest at 8:45 am...
May 22, 2022
Goettler at south Col on Everest, without O2

Everest Without O2, Makalu Summit Push

The remaining climbers on Makalu have set off on...
May 18, 2022

Second Tries on Makalu, Nuptse, and Everest

If at first you don't succeed on a Himalayan...
May 17, 2022

Marc Batard: ‘Everest is Not Respected Any More’

What's been going on with Marc Batard during this...
May 17, 2022

Hungarian Summits Lhotse w/o O2; Plus Other News from Everest & Lhotse

Everest and Lhotse had a new wave of O2...
May 16, 2022
closeup of climber with mask

The Oxygen Dilemma: Summit With O2 or Retreat?

To switch on the O2 or to call off...
May 16, 2022

Kenton Cool Notches 16th Everest Summit; Plus Sunday News from Everest and Lhotse

British guide Kenton Cool and his client Rebecca Louise...
May 15, 2022

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