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Loaded with flavor and packed with protein, chana masala chaat is a go-to snack on Indian streets. Watch how it’s made fresh ...
Climbing Mount Everest may get even harder. A new proposal from Nepal aims to tighten requirements and improve climber safety on the world's tallest peak, but such proposals rarely become law.
NEW DELHI – In a week marked by staggering feats at the roof of the world, two Nepali climbers have rewritten Everest’s record books—each in his own historic way. On May 27, veteran ...
Before attempting Everest’s summit, climbers must hang out in Kathmandu, Nepal, and then Everest Base Camp for weeks, lest they fall prey to altitude sickness, which is marked by fatigue ...
It was a travesty—two travesties, actually, separate but inextricably linked. In May 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, a ...
High-altitude drone captures rare view of Mount Everest. Using a drone modified to fly in thin air, photographer Renan Ozturk captured a stunning 360-degree panorama of the roof of the world.
Our Everest reporter explains the biggest stories from the 2025 season: fewer fatalities than in 2024, a narrow weather window, and multiple notable ascents Skip to content NEW MEMBER OFFER!
Fatalities on Everest have varied over the years. In both 2016 and 2017, five climbers lost their lives. In 2018, four climbers died, followed by nine deaths in 2019.
KATHMANDU, Nepal—Four men left London’s Heathrow Airport for Nepal on a May afternoon. Within five days, they were atop Mount Everest, the 29,000-foot peak where an ascent typically takes ...
Hundreds Attempt to Scale Weather-Battered Mount Everest. DESCENDING ON THE ASCENT. The influx of climbers comes amid storms and poor visibility on the mountain.
Video. Nepal says it must protect Mount Everest as rising climber numbers and climate change put pressure on the world’s highest peak.
They reached Everest Base Camp and climbed to the summit in only three days A team of four British ex-special forces veterans, including UK Labour Party minister Alistair Carns, summited Mount ...