Brian Hafeman, a local real estate agent and owner of Hafeman Realty & AgLand, joined his uncle, John Jackson for the climb to the base camp of the world's highest ...

Above, Camp 1 on Mount Everest is about 2,000 feet above the base camp where 20 people were killed and several more were injured in an avalanche triggered by a 7.9 magnitude earthquake that struck ...

Just three people died on Mount Everest above Base Camp this year: ... after narrowly avoiding an avalanche in the Khumbu icefall on their way up. They returned to London on May 22, ...

Thirty-five years ago this July, an avalanche killed forty-three climbers on a mountain called Lenin Peak. I witnessed the ...

With 3D mapping capabilities, drones can remotely scan the icy landscapes of places like the Khumbu Icefall, measuring the length and depth of crevasses. Climbers and guides can assess the mountain's ...

Everest base camp is at an elevation of about 17,500 feet – about 14,000 feet higher than where Sims lives in Bend, ... While they were up higher, an avalanche had destroyed part of the route.

Thirty-five years ago this July, an avalanche killed forty-three climbers on a mountain called Lenin Peak. I witnessed the disaster and have lived with the memories ever since. Here’s the untold story ...

In May, a group of British veterans – including Al Carns – set a record with their fast ascent of Everest. The veterans ...

Two other Nepali workers died in Base Camp: Lha Ngima Sherpa died from altitude sickness, and Ngima Dorje Sherpa died of a brain hemorrhage. All deaths on Mount Everest are tragic.

Nicknamed the "gravel parking lot" by the team, Everest Base Camp can be reached directly by motor vehicle, unlike its counterpart on the Nepali side, which requires climbers to make a multiday ...

POKHARA: Nepal celebrated on Tuesday 75 years since the first ascent of Mount Annapurna, the 10th highest peak in the world, led by French climber Maurice Herzog. Herzog reached the 8,091-metre summit ...