Mount Everest Summit Route Blocked by Immovable Slab of Ice
Peak climbing season is likely to be a crowded on Mount Everest this year, thanks to a huge…
On Everest, Everyone Is Waiting for a Block of Ice to Fall
This year’s spring climbing season on Everest has yet to begin—and the timing depends on when exactly…
Jim Whittaker, First American to Reach Everest’s Summit, Dies at 97
Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mount Everest, whose myriad climbing achievements and longtime leadership at REI,…
Mount Everest guides accused of targeting climbers in alleged $20M fake rescue scheme – National
Authorities in Nepal say they have uncovered an alleged USD$20 million insurance scam involving fake rescues on Mount…
How a man’s personal loss fueled a historic trip down Everest’s North Face
A mountaineer’s personal loss fueled his historic ascent and ski down Mount Everest’s treacherous North Face. Jim Morrison…
What it takes to film 60 Minutes on Mount Everest
In December 2024, 60 Minutes producer Jacqueline Williams had read an article about Nima Rinji Sherpa, a 19-year-old…
Stunning video shows first-ever ski down Everest’s hardest route
“It’s super steep and unrelenting from top to bottom, and it runs through this tiny, aesthetic couloir. It’s…
Jim Morrison is first to ski down Everest’s Hornbein Couloir
Morrison, though, bit off another ambitious Himalayan giant. If anything, his risk tolerance was widening. In May 2024…
Mount Everest rescue efforts continue after hundreds of hikers are trapped by a blizzard
Rescue efforts continue for hundreds of hikers on Mount Everest who were trapped by an unusually heavy snowstorm…
Heavy snow hinders rescue of hikers on Mount Everest. We explain.
Rescuers are struggling to reach at least 200 hikers trapped in a Mount Everest valley by an unexpectedly…
Rescuers helping hundreds of Mount Everest hikers trapped by heavy snow
Beijing — Rescue workers were helping hundreds of hikers trapped by heavy snow at tourist campsites on a…
Hundreds of climbers stranded on Mount Everest amid freak blizzard – National
Hundreds of people are still being evacuated from Mount Everest after a freak blizzard trapped climbers at a…