It's the peak climbing season in Mount Everest, the world's highest peak at 8,849 metres. Every year, climbers spend tens of thousands of dollars and risk their lives to stand atop Everest, but the ...

If you’ve ever seen photos of climbers near Everest’s summit, you’ve probably heard the term “Death Zone.” It sounds dramatic. It is dramatic. But it’s also very literal. The Death Zone is the stretch ...

A traffic jam of climbers in the Everest “death zone” was blamed for two of four new deaths reported Friday, heightening concerns that the drive for profits is trumping safety on the world’s highest ...

Three more climbers have died on Everest, expedition organisers and officials said Friday, taking the toll from a deadly week on the overcrowded world’s highest peak to seven. “Two more Indian ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members of an expedition team hike at Khumbu Icefall, as the route to Mount Everest Camp One has not yet been opened for the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mount Everest, the most famous summit in the world, welcomes hundreds of people every year. Some don't make it out alive. The ...

Mount Everest's spring climbing season still has weeks to go, but the death toll is already mounting. The Independent reports that a 21-year-old Sherpa guide, Phura Gyaljen Sherpa, died after slipping ...

Venice: Haunted by tragedies this NatGeo doc never flinches at, Jim Morrison makes the dangerous attempt to climb up and ski ...

KATHMANDU — A Nepali Sherpa guide fell into a crevasse and died on Mount Everest for the third death in two weeks on the world's highest mountain, as climbers are undeterred by travel disruptions from ...