Everest

Everest May Actually Be Safer Than Ever

Chaos. Carnage. Walking over dead bodies. Corruption. Egos. We've...

A Guide’s Perspective on Everest

Everest was front-page material again this year, which tends...
Everest base Camp. Climbing the Seven Summits

Everest Epilogue: More Summits, Another Fatality

ExplorersWeb crashed Monday morning, leaving us unable to bring...

Updated: The Everest Backlash

Editor's Note: This story has been corrected to reflect...

ExWeb’s Links of the Week

Here at ExWeb, when we're not in the outdoors,...

Traffic Jams on Everest: Ethical or Not?

Elia Saikaly, one of the hundreds of clients on...

Spring Himalaya, Updated: More Highlights, More Deaths

Despite a continual stream of summits on Everest and...
Traffic jamps on Everest upper sections, May 22, 2019

Everest Crowds, No-O2 Summits

Everest saw dozens more summits today, including several from...
Traffic Jam Everest Hillary Step

Hundreds of Summits, Traffic Jams and Another Climber Lost on Everest

Once again, the upper slopes of Everest have shown...
Everest summit pyramid

All Eyes on Everest as Summit Wave Approaches

Climbers are approaching the summit from both sides of...
Kami Rita Sherpa

Kami Rita Sherpa Notches 24th Everest Summit

The south side of Everest saw 14 summits yesterday,...
Walking in the dark on Everest. Image by Seven Summit treks

Why So Many Deaths in the Himalaya This Year?

Eleven people have died so far on six 8000'ers...

Mingote Turns Back, Mohr Continues

Sergi Mingote turned around shortly after leaving Camp 2...
Everest Camp 2. Image by Sergi Mingote.

Mingote and Mohr Launch No-02 Everest Bid

After one day in Camp 2, recovering from Lhotse...

ExWeb’s Links of the Week

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Weekend Warm-Up: Everest in Virtual Reality

Last year, Jon Griffith of the UK and Sherpa...

Deaths on Makalu, Everest, Lhotse and Kangchenjunga

During the busy last few days on the 8000'ers,...

Everest Summits Coming Fast, but Good Weather Almost Over

Following the rope-fixing Sherpas, 30 or more Everest climbers...

Summits on Everest and Lhotse

At around 1:45pm, at least eight Nepali climbers reached...

New: Wearable Oxygen Monitors on Everest

Except during short sprints, the fundamental driver of exercise...

Himalayan Action Heats Up: Summits Expected Soon

Sergi Mingote and his mates on Lhotse are currently...
Sergi Mingote in Everest Base Camp

Kami Rita Aims for 23rd Everest Summit; No-O2 Climbers on Lhotse

As the news spread -- the wind had finally dropped...

Glamping at Everest Base Camp

We know that the days of spartan living at...

Spring Himalaya Update: Waiting Out the Storm

The spring Himalayan season has already had its exciting...

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