A team of researchers is making final preparations for a trip to Mount Everest in Nepal next month to explore why the ice of ...

At the top of the world, there is a sea—the remains of one, at least. The summit rocks of Mount Everest, the highest ...

Hari Budha Magar MBE from Canterbury summited Mount Everest in 2023. The price to climb the world's tallest peak will soon increase for the first time in almost a decade. People are walking up the ...

From discovering Mallory to losing his best friend in an avalanche on Shishapangma, Conrad Anker’s career in the mountains is one of extreme highs and lows ...

He climbed Mount Rainier ... Second Step, a rock face at 28,300 feet that’s usually climbed via a fixed ladder. It's thought to be the highest free climb in history. On the subject of whether Mallory ...

Gupta began by acknowledging the role Sherpas play in mountaineering, particularly in dangerous and unpredictable terrains such as Mt Everest. He described two starkly contrasting types of Sherpas ...

Nepal expects a surge in mountaineering expeditions on Mt Everest this spring before fees are hiked to ... and made climbing more difficult as ice slopes turn into rock faces. Traffic jams above the ...

Look across the ASX at miners linked to both new and old energy markets, and the February reporting season has been a tough one. Canaccord Genuity’s Tim Hoff estimates that project, 51% owned by IGO’s ...

Snow cover atop Mount Everest retreated by 150 metres, indicating a lack of snow accumulation during the winter season of 2024-2025, researchers have noted. Analysing NASA satellite images from ...

Scientists studying glaciers around Mt Everest have observed a concerning trend: the snow line has moved 490 feet higher in less than two months, from 20,000 feet on December 11, 2024 to 19,510 ...