Mountain Equipment Company is back in Canadian hands. The iconic outdoor retailer announced on Friday, May 16, that it has been acquired by a group of Canadian investors, marking a major shift nearly ...

A US climber died attempting to scale the world's fifth-highest mountain, Makalu, his expedition organiser said Monday, the second death of this climbing season. Alexander Pancoe, 39, died at Camp ...

A US climber died attempting to scale the world’s fifth highest mountain, Makalu, his expedition organiser said today, the second death of this climbing season. Alexander Pancoe, 39, died at ...

Following years of concern over the amount of climbers attempting to scale Mount Everest, a sweeping change is on the horizon which will dramatically change who can step foot on the mountain in ...

Overcrowding has been blamed for the high number of deaths on the mountain. At least 12 climbers died, and another five went missing on Everest’s slopes in 2023 when Nepal issued 478 permits.

An Austrian climber has died while descending Nepal’s Ama Dablam after a successful summit, the country’s tourism department said today. Nepal named the climber as Martin Hornegger ...

Nepal named the climber as Martin Hornegger, 64, who went missing during his descent on Saturday morning after reaching the summit of the Himalayan peak. "It is learnt that he fell down while ...