Tim Howell and guide Jon Gupta of the UK arrived in Everest Base Camp yesterday to join the hundreds about to climb Lhotse or Everest. But their plan is dramatically different. Howell wants to make ...

Yesterday, a whopping 135 climbers reached the top of Everest. More are following today in a rush to reach the summit and retreat as wind speeds increase. Neighboring Lhotse is equally busy, with some ...

Imagine climbing to the top of a peak more than five miles high, an elevation mountaineers call the "death zone." The air has about one-third of the oxygen it does at sea level and the human body ...

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A 17-year-old Sherpa climber set the world record successfully scaling Mt Everest and Mt Lhotse this morning. 'Nima Rinji Sherpa from Sangkhuwasabha reached the true summit of Mt Lhotse at around ...

KATHMANDU: At least two foreign climbers died while attempting to climb the world's fourth highest mountain in the Everest region, officials confirmed. An Indian climber from Makalu Adventure and ...

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SPOKANE, Wash. — One local family is grateful to welcome their daughter back home after her mountain climbing achievement. Two weeks ago, Katelyn Sims was scaling Mt. Everest, the tallest mountain in ...

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