Everest
One Everest Climber — and Maybe More — Tests Positive for COVID
One person has definitely tested positive. But there are...
Everest: David Goettler and Alex Txikon Join the No-O2 Elite
How will the crowds and the new rules about...
The COVID Situation at Everest Base Camp
It remains unclear whether COVID-19 has managed to sneak...
Everest Rule Change: First Permits Get First Crack at Summit?
A last-minute rule change may throw the Everest season...
Everest: Avalanche Blocking the Khumbu Icefall? COVID in Base Camp
UPDATE, April 21: It seems that the route through...
Everest Technology: Safety or Something Else?
SpO2 monitors, live ECG readouts, hypoxic tents: Just how...
Colin O’Brady to Try Everest-Lhotse “Traverse” Without O2
Traverse or double-header, doing either Everest or Lhotse without...
Everest Climbers Now Number 160, Progress on Annapurna
Everest numbers continue to mount. Meanwhile, Annapurna is first...
Everest: Number of Climbers Now Up to 105, Including More No-O2
Plus: Nuptse's surprising popularity, two climbers aim for lonely...
Himalayan Update: Annapurna Caution, Nepal Smoke, Everest Icefall Fixed
As wildfires turn normally crystal clear Himalayan skies grey,...
Helicopters in the Himalaya, Part 2
Besides creating a nonstop drone, helicopters are also commonly...
Our Crowded Himalayan Skies: An Open Debate on Helicopters
Every May, 50 helicopters a day buzz over Everest...
Nepal Eases Quarantine Rules, Climbers Prep for Everest, Annapurna, Dhaulagiri
For 8,000m hopefuls, the climbing starts soon; for trekkers,...
Billi Bierling on the No-O2 Debate and Manaslu
The trekkers have not returned to an unusually quiet...
Former 16-Year-Old Everest Summiter Returns For No-O2 Ascent
Already a record-setter at age 16, Arjun Vajpai has...
Another Team Bound for Dhaulagiri’s Unclimbed NW Ridge
The 4,500m base-to-summit ascent is one of the biggest...
Nepal Probes Everest Climbers’ Vaccine Gift
Bureaucracy or caution? Investigation launched over Bahraini vaccines
Too good...
Himalaya: Everest, Dhaulagiri, and Vaccines
The first climbers have finished their quarantine in Kathmandu...
China Closed to Climbers but Open to Railways
A growing closeness between China and Nepal will culminate...