Only one direct measurement of atmospheric pressure has ever been made on the summit of Mt. Everest, in 1981. The present expedition has a small hand-held barometer and we hope it may be possible ...

The low inspired oxygen mixture gave them the same oxygen pressure as on the Everest summit. We found that the maximal oxygen consumption was about one liter per minute. This is a miserable value ...

Working on Everest may be relatively good money ... “There’s a lot of pressure [to ensure climbers get to the top], so I worry a lot for my friends,” he adds. “And then there is ...

More than 300 people have died climbing Mount Everest — the tallest peak in the world, located in the Himalayas near the China-Nepal border. On May 10, 1996, four different expeditions attempted ...