Recommended Climbing the Himalayas I ... As the trail rises yet further, the path to Base Camp transforms completely. The lush greenery gives way to a rocky, barren landscape that feels almost ...

Base camp occupies a site on the gravel plain below the Rongbuk Glacier at approximately 17,000 feet. Tents are set up on the sandy gravel valley, which carves out a north-south swath in the high ...

A long-distance trek through Nepal’s Everest region offers lessons in Sherpa culture, rural mountain living, and humility.

Fay Manners and her American friend Michelle Dvorak were climbing up India's Chaukhamba ... The Brit alpine climber had sent a frantic message to base camp on Thursday (October 3), saying their ...

Pollution and climate change are causing immense damage to Mount Everest. Here are some efforts to conserve the mountain.

The story of the second winter ascent of 8,163m Manaslu, by Noboru Yamada and Yasuhira Saito, in December 1985.

Where do you poo up a mountain? During climbing season mountaineers spend most of their time at base camp acclimatising to the altitude, where separate tents are erected as toilets, with barrels ...

Climbing season is coming to end as winter approaches the Himalaya. Climbs underway to Ama Dablam, Island Peak and Loboche ...

Never mind the perilous trip following Larisa to Gothic camp—the aboveground journey to our base camp at the foot of the mountain was ... be reached via technical climbing or rappelling.

The British climber Tom Ballard and his Italian climbing partner Daniele ... and over 21,000 climbs above base camp. The statistics also shine a light on which mountain peak poses the greatest ...

Aconcagua Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the western and southern hemispheres and the tallest peak outside of Asia, rises to 22,841 feet (6,961 meters). As ...

Last week’s announcement that a boot and partial remains believed to belong to the British explorer Sandy Irvine had been ...