We intend to start using oxygen at Camp V, which is about the elevation of the South Col on the south side of Everest (26,000 feet). The route from Camp V to Camp VI leaves the North Ridge and ...

“That route has no problem with heat or sun later in the season.” The North Side of Everest is also less affected by the arrival of the monsoon, which comes from the Bay of Bengal in the south.

The Jet Stream will soon subside over the Himalayas, allowing climbers to reach the summits of the highest mountains in the ...

The North Col (Col is a Welsh word, which means saddle) is the low point of one of the three great ridges that emanate from the summit of Mount Everest. In this case the North Ridge drops ...

The face received its second ascent in 1985 at the hands of Dave Cheesmond and Barry Blanchard cia an independent line called the North Pillar. The route was done with four bivouacs and rated VI, ...

KATHMANDU: With the start of main climbing season, an eight-member team of icefall doctors today left for the Mt Everest base camp from Namche Bazaar to fix a climbing route up to Camp II in the ...