In December 2024, 60 Minutes producer Jacqueline Williams had read an article about Nima Rinji Sherpa, a 19-year-old mountaineer from a family of Sherpas, Nepalese mountain guides who have lived and ...

Some 40,000 people trek to Everest Base Camp in Nepal every year. This past spring, a crew from 60 Minutes joined them – hiking for 10 days, sometimes on all fours, in all kinds of weather. The trip ...

KATHMANDU- As Nepal’s high mountains, including Mount Everest, have been struggling with decades of waste accumulation, the Nepal government has introduced a five-year plan to keep the mountains clean ...

Correspondent Cecilia Vega, producer Jacqueline Williams and a crew physically trained for months to reach Everest Base Camp. Vega said their ascent was, "the hardest thing I've ever done physically." ...

Ski conditions continue to improve as Mount Hood sees more snow. Mt. Hood Meadows kicked off its night operations and had nearly half its lifts open. ‘I’m furious’: Redrawn map sparks competitive race ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Five hikers huddled in a tent designed for three during a ferocious lightning storm near Mount Whitney’s ...

Will the world’s highest mountain peak become the world’s highest pile of dead bodies soon? The rate at which the tragedies are unfolding, that day may not be far off. It is an aspect of climbing ...

The Mount Vernon Police Department released video of a fiery car crash that occurred a little more than a week ago. On Dec. 10 at approximately 11:30 p.m., officers were called to S. Waugh Road in ...

Just when you thought you had witnessed the most dramatic, astonishing, improbable comeback victories by the Bears this year, they topped each and every one of them Saturday night in the most ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Here are updates from President Donald Trump’s speech in Rocky Mount on Dec. 19, 2025. President Donald Trump concluded his speech ...