An Australian climber who fell ill at the high camp of Himlung Himal died following hours of waiting for rescue after the US-based firm allegedly refused to conduct a timely evacuation, his expedition agency has claimed.

Henry Todd, who has died aged 80, was a well-spoken, 6ft 3in Scots mountaineer who switched his talents from the manufacture and distribution of LSD to bottled oxygen for climbers on Mount Everest.

A South Korean climber has died in Nepal after getting caught in a powerful storm while attempting to summit a Himalayan peak just south of Mount Everest. Meanwhile, hundreds of hikers have begun evacuating after severe weather left them stranded across ...

Climber Jim Morrison and filmmaker Jimmy Chin discussed Morrison's history-making descent of Everest's north side on skis.

Hundreds of hikers are still trapped at an elevation of more than 4,900 metres as rescuers work to clear deep snow.

A mountaineer from France and another from South Korea died during expeditions to Nepal’s Mount Ama Dablam, a picturesque but difficult peak to climb,