Everest

Everest and Lhotse as seen from Camp 2 in dimmed light.

Everest Route Closes With Climbers Still in Camp 2

Today marks both Everest Day -- the anniversary of...
Tyler Andrews holds a stuffed duck and smiles at Everest Base Camp .

Tyler Andrews Back In Base Camp with FKT

Tyler Andrews of the U.S. is back in Base...
Close shot of climber saulius Damulevicius at the gate of a tent, with cap and dawn jacket.

No-O2 Climber Rescued from Everest

On the way down from his no-oxygen attempt to...
man on snowy slope

Tyler Andrews Summits Everest in Record Time, With Oxygen

Tyler Andrews social media team has just announced that...
Andrews runs on a snowed up Everest Base Camp as night falls.

Tyler Andrews Starts O2-Assisted Everest FKT, Egloff Turns Back at Camp 4

After more than 24 hours of silence, we have...
A climber with face mask and air-trimming mask on the summit of everest in a cloudy day.

Everest Final Push: Harila Summits, Other No-O2 Climbers Retreat

The wind finally died down as the last group...
Compilation of four protraits of climbers on Everest.

It’s Now or Never for No-O2 Climbers on Everest, Including Egloff

After waiting out high winds yesterday, climbers in Camp...
Close shot of climber saulius Damulevicius at the gate of a tent, with cap and dawn jacket.

Everest: The No-O2 Climbers Take Center Stage

Everest enters its final week with the crowds gone,...
Close shot of Tyler Andrews.

Messy Everest FKT Attempt Raises Oxygen, No-Oxygen Debate

Tyler Andrews of the U.S. is back in Everest...
Texts on a black screen.

Everest Runner Aborts FKT Attempt Near Balcony

Today, at around 8,500m, Tyler Andrews gave up his...
Tyler Andrews sits on the snow and talks on the radio, with the summit pyramid of Everest behind him,

Everest FKT Runner Turns to Oxygen

American runner Tyler Andrews left today for the summit...
Andrews with a t-shirt and helmet, shakes hands with a member of his team in then night at Everest Base Camp.

He’s Off: Tyler Andrews Starts Everest FKT

American trail runner Tyler Andrews has just left Everest...
Tyler Andrews at Everest Base Camp.

Tyler Andrews About to Start Everest FKT Attempt

Tyler Andrews will leave Everest Base Camp at 8...
lights of headlamps on mountain at night

Two Climbers Die on Everest; Several Rescues on the Way Down

Two of the hundreds of climbers who returned from...
Marco Siffredi, blond, curly hair

Remembering Extreme Snowboarder Marco Siffredi, Who Vanished on Everest

Today, extreme snowboarder Marco Siffredi would have turned 47. Siffredi...
About 20 climbers stand up on a crowded Everest summit in a sunny day.

Everest: Slightly Smaller Crowds Today — Believe It or Not

After yesterday's 270 summits, today was a slightly quieter...
Climbers with headlamps on at Everest's Hillary Step, with dawn barely clearing up the night sky.

Countless Everest Summits in Wednesday Rush

Today has been the busiest day of the season...
Bartek Ziemski stands on the summit of everest with skis strapped to his bckpack and an air-trimming mask.

Bartek Ziemski on Skiing Everest

Everyone is impressed with Bartek Ziemski's no-oxygen ascent and...
bartek Ziemski on the summit of Everest with skis on the backpack and no O2.

Bartek Ziemski Skis Down Everest!

Bartek Ziemski of Poland has made it. Today, he...
Pemba Gelje takes a selfie of his summit group on top of everest in a sunny day.

Long Everest Lines to The Summit, Ziemski Eyes a Ski Descent

With the gates to the summit of Everest wide...
Ernst Reiss on the summit of Lhotse on May 18, 1956.

The 70th Anniversary of the First Ascent of Lhotse

Today is the 70th anniversary of the first ascent...
closeup of Kami Rita Sherpa

Massive Everest Summit Wave Begins

The first groups among hundreds of climbers expected on...
A line of lights from Sherpas' headlamps in the night on Everest and Lhotse.

Everest Crowds Start Toward the Summit

While jet stream winds are hitting the top thousand...

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