The British military veterans, climbing Everest to raise funds for vets, kept going despite an avalanche, high winds and a ...

People who live in the Nepalese mountains have been guiding foreign climbers up the world's tallest mountain since the 1920s.

Use of Xenon gas, believed to help prevent altitude sickness, reduce low-oxygen effects, stirs debate in mountaineering ...

KOZHIKODE: When Safrina Latheef stood on top of the world, her vision was blurred – but her purpose had never been clearer.A home baker with sugared hands and a ...

A British minister is being investigated for using a controversial gas to climb Mount Everest in record-breaking time. Al ...

Nepal’s Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Civil Aviation has initiated an investigation into the use of Xenon gas by climbers ...

Kenton Cool from southwest England, reached the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) summit Sunday before flying on a helicopter with his clients back to the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu ...

Brabim Karki is a businessman based in Nepal. He writes for The Independent, The Globe and Mail, the South China Morning Post and The Straits Times, among others.

Four British climbers used Xenon gas to reach the summit of Mount Everest in less than five days, causing controversy.

TWO Filipina mountaineers who made the first and only documented all-female traverse of Mt. Everest have reunited with other ...

Four former British special forces soldiers, who scaled Everest in record time, have found themselves in the middle of controversy due to their use of xenon gas. The men used the chemical to speed up ...

Fast forward to May 15, when Schwerin became the youngest American woman to summit Mount Everest at age 17. At the top of the ...