This Everest season, Karl Egloff and Tyler Andrews will try speed ascents. Kaji Sherpa holds the record, set in 1998, but not ...

About 3,000 of Nepal's more than 10,000 Sherpas reside in the Khumbu valley, the gateway to the southern side of Mount Everest. Because their physical prowess at high altitudes is unmatched ...

Sherpa on Mount Everest is a dangerous job. They transport equipment through the dangerous Khumbu Icefall. Drones are supposed to reduce the danger. Sherpas on Mount Everest, the highest mountain ...

David Goettler during a no-oxygen, no-Sherpa Everest climb. Photo: David Goettler/Instagram Authorities label these self-sufficient climbers on the normal route as "solo" climbers. They benefit ...

Why, then, would such a gifted athlete and climber retire after summiting Mount Everest well over a dozen times? The answer can be found in the documentary Everest Dark, making its world premiere ...

Goods that would normally take seven hours to be transported by foot from Everest’s base camp to Camp I can be airlifted within 15 minutes. By lightening the Sherpas’ burdens, drone operators ...

The spring climbing season will begin in the next several weeks in the Himalayas – including teams headed to Mount Everest ... Climbers and their Sherpa guides must navigate this treacherous ...