The author has launched a YouTube series and collection of essays to address questions raised over his 1997 book about Mount ...

Adventure travellers used to represent an elite group of intrepid travellers willing to go to nearly any extreme in pursuit ...

Eva Steinwald is training to climb Mount Everest this spring. If she makes it to the top, Steinwald will become the oldest American woman to summit Mount Everest and she will also have completed the ...

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There have been a few sketchy moments during Nathan Longhurst’s mission to do New Zealand’s 100-peak challenge in one season. While climbing in Aoraki National Park in November, he disturbed an ...

What is the highest place on earth? You might say Mount Everest, towering at more than 29,035 feet above sea level, is the highest point on our planet. That’s a ...

Luxury Trekking in Nepal A Unique Adventure Trekking enthusiasts consider Nepal to be heaven because of its outstanding trails among all those found worldwide Trekking does not require a rugged experi ...

We were five Americans, our guide Sunil and six Sherpa porters. Our trek was from Lukla, Nepal to Mount Everest base camp.

Shane Boyd, an avid adventurer from Fermanagh, has set his sights on conquering Mount Everest as part of his mission to complete the Seven ...

All of the tallest mountains in the world are located in Asia, either in the Himalayas or the Karakorum ranges. Of the 10 ...

Ian Taylor tackled the world's highest mountain in 2008 and has now offered insight to the realities of the challenge ...

Nepal has officially banned solo expeditions to all mountains above 8,000 meters, including Mount Everest, by amending its mountaineering regulations, according ...