Climbers from around the world will soon complete their Mt. Everest preparations, and their expeditions will depart for Base Camp. The exciting spring climbing season begins with excitement and ...

Dehradun: From Uttarakhand's river valleys to the slopes below Mount Everest, scientists are recording a steady upward ...

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KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepal's government said on Tuesday it has a “duty to protect” the Himalayas from the risks presented by climate change and the growing numbers of climbers attempting to scale the ...

Rhett Evans climbs Mount Everest in May of 2024. For years, Olathe’s Rhett Evans had his sights set on climbing Mount Everest. But when he got to Nepal this spring — and got very sick with a parasite ...

A river "capture" event in the Himalayas 89,000 years ago caused so much erosion it may have pushed the peak of Everest up by 164 feet. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The rocks on the summit of Mount Everest were created in a warm and shallow sea many years before the Himalayas were formed.

Mountaineer Karl Egloff will enter Everest’s death zone without supplemental oxygen as he attempts to set the record time to ...

How did Mount Everest come to be the world’s tallest mountain, towering more than 200 metres above the next two highest peaks? Geologists suggest the mountain owes part of its extra height to two ...

Olympus Mons on Mars is the tallest mountain in the solar system, towering nearly three times higher than Mount Everest.