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

Avalanches Rock Annapurna As the winter climbing season draws to a close in the Himalayas, two avalanches rocketed down the steep slopes of Annapurna over the w ...

Mount Everest's Sherpas are considering a climbing boycott following the deadliest avalanche in the mountain's history. Several Sherpas have already quit, while others are still mulling over a boycott ...

A fatal race made Tracee Metcalfe the closest to becoming the first American woman to summit all of the world’s 8,000-meter ...

Mountain climber, photographer and writer Cory Richards shares life lessons from his new book "The Color of Everything: A ...

My grandfather started climbing when he was in his high school mountaineering club. He was caught in an avalanche in 1950 ...

Nepal plans to raise Mount Everest climbing permit fees from $11,000 to $15,000, impacting climbers worldwide.

Jordan Roesler says he and his brother Nicholas have “stories to tell forever” after their brush with a 7.1 magnitude earthquake while descending from Mount Everest’s Base Camp. Roesler ...

The avalanche destroyed the Everest base camp ... for his future attempts at completing a solo winter ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen.

A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake has hit a Tibetan region near Mount Everest, sending tremors through Nepal's capital city Kathmandu just before dawn on Tuesday.