A climbing guide atop Mount Everest captured video of the crowded summit ridge before a cornice collapsed in a tragedy in which two climbers went missing. A second video taken by the climbing guide, ...

The Hillary Step, the famous rock barrier located shortly below the summit of Everest, seems to have collapsed, probably due to the terrible earthquake that shook Nepal in 2015. British mountaineer ...

A Kenyan and a Nepali climber have died close to Mount Everest's summit, tourism officials said Thursday, taking this season's toll on the world's highest mountain to at least four. Three mountaineers ...

High above the clouds on Earth’s highest peak, climbers are making the arduous trek up Mount Everest. The narrow window of the spring summit season, which usually lasts from April to May, is the best ...

The condition of the rock face has been the source of intense speculation among the climbing community since six-time Everest summiteer Tim Mosedale declared it had crumbled. "The Hillary Step is no ...

Two climbers climb their way back onto the path to the summit after a cornice collapsed below the Hillary Step on Mt. Everest on 21 May. All photos courtesy of Vinayak Jaya Malla. Besides traffic jams ...

KATMANDU, Nepal -- On the eve of the 50th anniversary of his historic ascent of Mount Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary scolded the legions of climbers partying at base camp, saying he doesn't consider ...

KATHMANDU, March 13 (Reuters) - Nepalese climbing specialists will fix a second rope at the Hillary Step, a dangerous "death zone" bottleneck near the Mount Everest summit, to ease congestion on the ...