Ben descending from the summit of Ama Dablam last year (Image: Ben Wright) He has been training for six months, doing lots of cardio and exerting himself while wearing a heavy backpack, even using a ...

The National Cadet Corps (NCC), India, has launched its first-ever Boys and Girls Mt Everest Expedition 2025. The expedition ...

From Everest’s basecamp, where the mountaineers were preparing ... He ran down trails worn smooth by a million soles, following the Lobuche Kosi and Imja Kosi rivers that mill boulders into flour. He ...

Thame is a beautiful Himalayan hamlet located to the farther southwest of Everest, right below the sacred Khumbi-Yuhla.

A WOMAN from Tetbury is taking on a Himalayan challenge to raise funds for Cancer Research UK. Alice Bowden, a keen supporter of the Beaufort Hunt, will embark on a 21-day expedition this month, ...

Mount Everest has attracted thousands of adventure seekers over the years, but unfortunately, not all of them make it back home. Everest is based on the story of two expedition groups in 1996 who ...

When the main climbing season begins next month on Mount Everest, expedition companies will test drones that can ferry loads as heavy as 35 pounds in the high altitudes, bring back ladders used to ...

Everest. In all, he covered about 75 miles on foot over 46 hours between early Friday morning and early Sunday morning. He ascended and descended approximately 29,500 vertical feet along the way.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Researchers are investigating why the ice of a glacier on Mount Everest is near the melting point despite sub-freezing air temperatures. They hypothesize that ...