The lack of oxygen poses one of greatest threats to climbers who attempt to summit, with levels dropping to less than 40% when they reach the Everest “death zone.” The first target for ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Vanessa O'Brien: 26,000 feet or 8,000 meters, they do call the "death zone." The death zone is, you know, a part of what happens at height in the mountain.

The British Army has paid tribute to an ‘ever-ambitious’ soldier who was killed in a motorbike crash while on a home visit earlier this month. Fusilier Jordan Thomas, 25, was described as a ‘Welsh ...

Jake Gyllenhaal as Scott Fischer in 'Everest' ...

A Sherpa's job on Mount Everest is statistically more dangerous than America's most treacherous professions by far, according to a chart posted ... in the causes of deaths among Sherpas and ...

Everest Disaster". It attempts to recreate the disastrous events that took place during the Mount Everest climb on May 10, 1996. It also follows Krakauer and portrays what he was going through ...

But if climbers want to summit Mount Everest, the tallest peak in the world at 29,029 feet (8,848 meters or 5.5 miles) above sea level, they have to brave what's known as "The Death Zone" - the ...

The latest fatality comes as the Everest mountaineering season nears its end, with the death toll relatively low compared to other years. Last year was the deadliest season on the mountain with 18 ...

"I cannot believe what I saw up there," Everest filmmaker Elia Saikaly wrote on Instagram last week. "Death. Carnage. Chaos. Lineups. Dead bodies on the route." Eleven people have died climbing ...