Veteran guides share tips and tricks for avoiding or navigating the gridlock that always arises on the trail to the top ...

Five people have died during the 2024 Everest climbing season while three ... A video shared by Indian mountaineer Rajan Dwivedi showing a “traffic jam” of climbers on their ascent to the ...

Eight Nepali climbers reached the summit of Mount Everest on May 9, kicking off 2025’s climbing season. Read more at ...

A now-iconic photo by climber Nirmal “Nims” Purja, taken on May 22, 2019, shows a line of hundreds snaking up the narrow ...

says she watched Everest become increasingly crowded each year, leading to traffic jams that can turn deadly.

In a bold move aimed at improving safety and reducing the deadly traffic jams on Mount Everest, Nepal is drafting a new law that would require climbers to first summit at least one 7,000-meter ...

A Filipino climber has died on Mount Everest, officials said on Thursday, becoming the first fatality of 2025’s climbing ...

Mount Everest climbs hit record highs 70 years after the first ascent, raising concerns over overcrowding, safety and ...

Nepal plans to restrict Everest expeditions to experienced climbers above 7,000 meters to reduce deaths and pollution.

Over-crowding has become a serious issue on Everest where in 2019 a human traffic jam meant teams were forced to wait for hours at the summit in freezing temperatures, risking depleted oxygen ...