In the death zone, climbers' brains and lungs are starved for oxygen, their risk of heart attack and stroke is increased, and their judgment quickly becomes impaired. "Your body is breaking down and ...

A team of 20 Sherpa mountaineers plans to remove bodies of climbers who died in Mount Everest’s “death zone,” a treacherous stretch that has claimed some 300 lives since 1953, the team ...

Usha Bista, 22, was rescued from Mount Everest’s “death zone” by fellow mountaineers after being abandoned by her teammates at high altitude and left by her guide when she fell sick.

If your dream is to someday reach the highest point on earth—Mount Everest—you’re not alone. An estimated 700 to 1,000 climbing enthusiasts and thrill-seekers set out to summit Chomolungma ...

An archaeological site near Prince Albert, Sask., is being pilfered of ancient items <p>The Âsowanânihk site near Prince Albert, where researchers believe Indigenous people settled as long as 11,000 ...

A Malaysian climber narrowly survived after a Nepali sherpa guide hauled him down from below the summit of Mount Everest in a "very rare" high altitude rescue, a government official said on Wednesday.

The overcrowding has caused climbers to spend longer amoustn of time in the "Death Zone," which is an area of high altitude above 8,000 metres with minimal amounts of available oxygen.

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Climbers tackling Mount Everest are twice as likely to make it to the summit and slightly less likely to die than two decades ago, despite a sharp increase in crowding in the ...

A Malaysian climber narrowly survived after a Nepali sherpa guide hauled him down from below the summit of Mount Everest in a very rare high altitude rescue, a government official said on ...

His North Side Ascent To Reach the Summit Pond summited the North Side of Everest (in Tibet, China), which some sources claim is more dangerous and has a higher death rate compared to climbing the ...

KATHMANDU — A Malaysian climber narrowly survived after a Nepali sherpa guide hauled him down from below the summit of Mount Everest in a “very rare” high altitude … ...