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David Sullivan's defibrillator on Mount Everest wound up saving a life, highlighting the importance of CPR training and access to life-saving devices in remote areas.
With recent cuts to USAID, and dangerous over-crowding on the world’s highest peak, Nepal faces serious challenges. Two Everest experts answer questions about it.
Sims, 34, summited Mount Everest around 11 a.m. on May 23 as part of a five-person expedition guided by Seattle-based Alpine Ascents International. And she didn’t stop there. After returning to camp ...
A controversy erupted in the world of mountaineering, when four British climbers summited Everest just five days after ...
Our Everest reporter explains the biggest stories from the 2025 season: fewer fatalities than in 2024, a narrow weather ...
It can be described as grueling, exhausting and sometimes blinding. Not U.S. politics, although close, but climbing Mount ...
Siffredi held the record for the first uninterrupted snowboard descent from Mount Everest, but the allure of boarding the ...
A new proposal from Nepal aims to tighten requirements and improve climber safety on the world's tallest peak, but such ...
Kami Rita has been scaling the world's tallest mountain since 1994. He reaches the summit nearly every year—and sometimes ...
Mount Everest, located in the Himalayan Mountain Range, is the tallest mountain in the world. It reaches an elevation of ...
In his latest video dispatch, our Mount Everest reporter explores the cuisine you will find at Base Camp, and whether it’s ...
Kami Rita Sherpa scaled Mount Everest for the 31st time on Tuesday. We spoke to him about what is next for the mountain.