Student Mason Allen climbed the equivalent of Mount Everest on a unicycle, completing the grueling ascent on UVA’s ...
Jost Kobusch has been in Nepal this fall, preparing again for his long-term project, an eventual Everest winter solo.
Metcalfe, a 50-year-old doctor from Colorado, recently became the first American woman to ascend all 14 mountains above 8,000 ...
Home to the world’s shortest runway, the 527m landing strip slopes steeply down the side of a cliff and marks the gateway to the Everest ... an endless array of climbing equipment alongside ...
There are few sights in the entire world–few iconic horizons–that can make you stop in your tracks and struggle for words.
Today, serious climbers need substantial online followings ... demographics on the peaks. On her first climb above 8,000 meters – Mount Everest in 2017 – the typical expedition member ...
To climb Mount Everest, you're going to need a healthy savings account, as summit expeditions start at around $35,000 -- the permit alone is $11,000. But you're also going to need to start saving ...
Welcome to Show the Receipts, a new series where we ask interesting people to share exactly how much it costs to get shit done.
“On the first Irish Everest ... when needed most.” Close friend Dermot Somers, who was also on the 1993 Everest expedition, said Mr O’Neill-Dean’s many achievements included rock-climbing ...
Hundreds of people attempt to climb Mount Everest each year ... 20,000ft when their tent, climbing equipment and food plummeted into a ravine. They were found alive after three days.
A long-distance trek through Nepal’s Everest region offers lessons in Sherpa culture, rural mountain living, and humility.