The First Xenon-Powered Everest Climb Is Coming This Spring
What are the ethics, safety, and implications of using xenon to unlock a one-week Everest summit?
What are the ethics, safety, and implications of using xenon to unlock a one-week Everest summit?
Jimmy Chin just found the boot of Andrew "Sandy" Irvine—who disappeared on Everest alongside George Mallory in 1924—at the foot of Everest's North Face. It isn't answering as many questions as we'd hoped.
Climbers like Adrian Ballinger and brands like Osprey have offered public support to two women who say Purja harassed and assaulted them in a recent ‘New York Times’ story. Others are moving cautiously.
Thundercat jammed, Diana Nyad hugged, Jimmy Chin autographed, and thousands of fans soaked up the stoke in Denver this past weekend
Famed mountaineer, filmmaker, and Everest pioneer David Breashears died on March 14. Those who knew him best share memories of the legendary alpinist.
Two American women vying for the 8000er record and their guides were swept away by the slide on the famed Chinese peak. One U.S. climber and a Sherpa guide are confirmed dead.
The climbers were navigating the Khumbu Icefall when a serac collapsed above the glacier.
The AAC has chosen a new title for its annual honor, which was previously named after mountaineering pioneers Robert L.H. and Miriam Underhill.
Frederick Dreier sat down with Purja to discuss the triumphs and tragedies from his 2022 climbing season.
Kristin Harila was unable to obtain an entry permit from China to climb Cho Oyu and Shishapangma, putting her two peaks shy of the record.
In 1937, Washburn left his cameras and gear behind while attempting to hike out of the Saint Elias Range. Almost a century later, freeskier Griffin Post set out to find the cache.
Students attending a mountaineering course were buried by an avalanche in northern India, according to multiple reports.
And the apparel manufacturer joins a growing number of companies that have pledged to cover travel costs for employees who must go to a different state to seek abortion care.
A member of the climber’s expedition confirms that she has once again topped the 8,849-meter peak, breaking her own record of most successful Everest climbs by a woman.
A Russian climber and a Nepali guide were involved in separate tragedies during a busy weekend in the Himalayas
Mountaineer Irina Galay wants Russian climbers blocked from the high peaks
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The world's sixth-highest peak has a rep as the easiest 8,000-meter mountain, but that could change.
Two climbers want to be the youngest to summit the 14 peaks.
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