Climbing the world’s 14 highest peaks — all located in the Himalayas — has long represented the ultimate objective in alpinism. From K2 to Annapurna, these mountains present some of the toughest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nirmal Purja has made headlines again, this time not for a mountaineering achievement but for allegedly breaking the rules. “Most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This oblique image was taken in 2015 from the International Space Station as astronauts flew over the Himalaya range in China near ...

The British mountaineer first climbed Everest in 2004 and has returned nearly every season since, becoming one of the ...

KATHMANDU, May 12 (Reuters) - A Nepali Sherpa guide fell into a crevasse and died on Mount Everest for the third death in two weeks on the world’s highest mountain, as climbers are undeterred by ...

American Michelle Dvorak and British climber Fay Manners were transported to safety by an Indian Air Force helicopter on Oct. 5 Two climbers, including an American, were rescued this past week and ...

Seven Italian mountaineers have gone missing in Nepal after avalanches swept across multiple Himalayan peaks, killing at least 12 people in the deadliest autumn climbing season in recent memory. Three ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — An avalanche swept through a camp on Mount Yalung Ri in Nepal on Monday and killed five foreign climbers and two Nepali guides, officials said. Armed Police Force spokesperson ...

KATHMANDU — A Nepali Sherpa guide fell into a crevasse and died on Mount Everest for the third death in two weeks on the world's highest mountain, as climbers are undeterred by travel disruptions from ...

Oct. 6 (UPI) --Teams have rescued two mountain climbers who were trapped 20,000 feet high in the Himalayas for two days after a rope that was being used to hoist their provisions snapped. Fay Manners, ...

Third Everest Death Takes Nepal's May Toll of Himalayan Climbers to Five By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU, May 12 (Reuters) - A Nepali Sherpa ⁠guide ⁠fell into a crevasse and ⁠died on Mount Everest for the ...