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American Mountaineer Makes History by Skiing Down Mount Everest’s Most Difficult Route
Jim Morrison, 50, completed the historic run on October 15 as a tribute to his late partner, Hilaree Nelson, who died in an ...
Located on the peak’s North Face, the Hornbein has captivated mountaineers since Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld made its ...
Until now, we knew very little about the strategy the Polish skier used to ski down Everest without bottled oxygen. Here's his detailed account.
Prayer flags frame a rescue helicopter as it ferries the injured from Everest Base Camp on April 26, 2015, a day after an avalanche triggered by an earthquake devastated the camp.
Outside spoke to the 92-year-old’s family members about the role he played in helping Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary ...
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The Last Living Member of the 1953 Everest Expedition Dies At 92
Kanchha Sherpa was an important part of the core Sherpa support team, at a time when Everest was a distant dream, not a ...
After years of planning, the mountaineer Jim Morrison successfully descended the narrow Hornbein Couloir—notching an ...
The last member of the Hillary-Norgay team, Kanchha Sherpa, died on Thursday, the Nepal Mountaineering Association said in a ...
American skier Jim Morrison has descended the extremely steep and dangerous North Face of Mount Everest on skis. He dedicated ...
"I was so lucky to get out," a hiker tells the BBC after being caught in two days of unusually heavy snow in the Himalayas.
After years of planning, the mountaineer Jim Morrison successfully descended the narrow Hornbein Couloir—notching an ...
Tyler Andrews had a lot on his mind when he began his second attempt this season to make the fastest-ever Everest ascent without oxygen. In addition to the climb ahead of him, a recent avalanche had ...
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