Nepal has officially banned solo expeditions to all mountains above 8000 meters including Mount Everest by amending its mountaineering regulations according ...

“It will work this way - bottles of oxygen and hydrogen are flown and yak-ed in to base camp and then flown out and yak-ed ...

Foreign climbers who want to try reaching the top of the 29,032-foot-tall peak will face higher permit fees in Nepal starting ...

Last year, they removed an estimated ten metric tons of garbage from Mount Everest ... in special bags and carry them down to Everest Base Camp for disposal. They must also wear tracking ...

Lenka Polackova of Slovakia just recorded the Fastest Known Time ("FKT") summiting Aconcagua - one of the iconic Seven Summits.

The Everest Base Camp trek offers a bucket-list adventure for trekkers worldwide, with costs varying significantly based on the level of service, trek duration, and additional options. On average, a ...

It comes as something of a surprise that the history of a pursuit that seems to uniquely combine risk and vanity should be so ...

Ordinary people who do extraordinary things. Amy Mazur, recently retired and about to turn 63, is such a person. She plans to ...