The calendar turned to May yesterday, marking go-time for climbing expeditions in the Himalayas. After a long winter wait, ...

Climbing teams are progressing on Mt. Everest as the spring climbing season in the Himalayas takes shape. At 29,029 feet, the highest mountain in the world endu ...

Climbers first successfully summited Antarctica's highest peak in 1966. Climbers first successfully summited Antarctica's ...

According to the proposed law, climbers will have to submit a certificate of climbing at least one peak above 7,000 metres in ...

Following years of concern over the amount of climbers — both experienced and amateur — attempting to scale Mount Everest, a major change is in the works.

Nepal will issue Everest permits only to climbers with experience of scaling at least one of the Himalayan nation’s ...

A commercial expedition is planning to take clients up the tallest mountain in the world in record time with the help of xenon gas. But some in the climbing and medical world worry whether the ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Mountaineering pals currently ... Three days in they have seen the towering summit of Everest from a distance. The pair have raised more than £2 ...

A former Royal Marine is attempting to complete the world’s longest triathlon which he started in the UK and will finish at ...

A general view of base camp overlooking Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak and other peaks of the Himalayan range in Solukhumbu district, also known as the Everest region, Nepal.( ...

Nepal will issue Everest permits only to climbers with experience ... of climbers in the “Death Zone,” an area below the summit with insufficient natural oxygen for survival.