As a little girl, Bianca Adler would sit cross-legged on the floor, flipping through her family’s picture books of Mount Everest — mesmerized by the snow-dusted peaks and climbers standing at the top ...

If your dream is to someday reach the highest point on earth—Mount Everest—you’re not alone. An estimated 700 to 1,000 climbing enthusiasts and thrill-seekers set out to summit Chomolungma, “Goddess ...

Poland's Andrzej Bargiel has become the first climber to ski down the world's highest mountain without supplemental oxygen, his team and expedition organizer said Thursday. Bargiel glided down Mount ...

At least eight people have died on Mount Everest this week, surpassing the death toll from the entire 2018 climbing season, according to multiple reports. A traffic jam of climbers in the mountain's ...

A mountaineer has made history by becoming the first person to ski down Mount Everest without the use of supplemental oxygen, expedition organizers confirmed Thursday. Polish national Andrzej ...

By the time he'd finally reached Base Camp at 8:45 p.m., Andrzej Bargiel's entire Everest journey had spanned four days, four hours, and 15 minutes.

Ballinger explained that seasoned climbers call any part of the mountain above 26,000 feet "the death zone," adding that "humans just really aren't meant to exist there." "Even when using bottled ...

An Indian climber rescued from Everest has died in hospital, a Nepali tourism official said Tuesday, taking the number of fatalities this season on the world's highest mountain to eight. Banshi Lal, ...

Isn't scaling Mount Everest supposed to be dangerous on its own? Now, officials are blaming a new wrinkle for the deaths of four people and one missing climber: Too many people rushing to the summit ...

Adventure was woven into the fabric of Bianca Adler's life from the very beginning Her fascination with Mt. Everest took root early, fueled by her parents’ own expeditions to the mountain in 2006 and ...

Pond summited the North Side of Everest (in Tibet, China), which some sources claim is more dangerous and has a higher death rate compared to climbing the South Side (in Nepal). That said, Pond felt ...