Alison Hargreaves would have turned 63. She had already become one of the best climbers of her generation when she died at ...

Climbing Mt. Everest is an undeniably ambitious achievement. If this is an undertaking you wish to accomplish, here is our ...

The autumn climbing season, from September to November, will see an increase in permit fees from US$5,500 (RM24,070) to ...

Nepal, home to the world’s highest peaks, has officially banned solo expeditions on all mountains above 8,000 meters, including Mount Everest. The decision, published in the Nepal Gazette ...

Sir Edmund Hillary and other Mount Everest pioneers say the world's tallest peak deserves a rest after a half century of more than 1,300 climbers scaling its slopes. Hillary, 83, is in Nepal to ...

Lhotse (8,516m / 27,940 feet): The fourth highest mountain shares much of its climbing route with Everest up to the South Col. Makalu (8,485m / 27,840 feet): This pyramid-shaped peak presents one ...

Ngima Nuru Sherpa is small in stature, but he stands tall in the annals of Mount Everest. The 5-foot-7, 150-pound native of Nepal’s Khumbu region has reached the summit of the world’s tallest mountain ...

Ken Noguchi, who heads the team, said the climbers from Georgia, Japan, Korea and Nepal would focus on clearing the route pioneered by Sir Edmund Hillary ... South Col at 7,900 metres (25,918 feet) is ...

Global re/insurer Everest Group, Ltd. has revealed that it expects to record full year 2024 net income of between $1.3 billion and $1.4 billion, despite total reserve strengthening across the business ...

The future of unsupported climbing on Mount Everest is in jeopardy ... Will Symons developed his love of the outdoors as a student, exploring every inch of Sussex’s South Downs national park and wild ...

Everest Group, Ltd. (NYSE: EG), a global underwriting leader providing best-in-class property, casualty, and specialty reinsurance and insurance solutions, today announced preliminary financial ...

They approached from the South Col (Southeast Ridge), a path that ultimately became he most traveled route to the top of the world. Sherpa Team at Camp 2 - Mount Everest / John Waechter Hillary's ...