What was notable about the incident was that Illimani is only 21,122 feet above sea level, well below the notorious Death Zone, which starts around 26,000 feet and is where most climbing fatalities in ...

Independent climbers hoping to summit Nepal's 8,000m peaks without supplementary oxygen or Sherpa support can relax. They're ...

At least four climbers scaled the Sharphu IV in the eastern Nepal making the first ascent of 6,433m peak early this morning.

The climbing expedition teams seeking to summit Himalayan peaks this winter season are currently acclimatizing in the Khumbu Valley, with Ama Dablam (22,349 feet) serving as warm-up peak for their ...

An unsupported attempt on Makalu and an 83-year-old on I are two of the more unusual Himalayan expeditions this spring.

Everest and other Himalayan peaks. The trek from Lukla to Everest Basecamp covers approximately 40 miles. Climbers take this portion of the climb slowly, typically 10-14 days, to begin the ...

Among the dead was famed South Korean climber Kim Chang-ho, who had previously climbed all of the Himalaya's 8,000-meter peaks. He and his team of four other South Korean climbers along with four ...

American and British climbers have been rescued after being stranded for three days on a mountain in India's Himalayan north.

Tibet, meanwhile, is behaving like a giant roadblock that prevents the Himalaya from moving northward. Under the peaks and under most of Tibet the Indian plate is apparently gliding along almost ...

which starts around 26,000 feet and is where most climbing fatalities in the Himalaya occur. And Granberg hadn’t seemed notably distressed: the HAPE snuck up on him without obvious warning signs.