The must-see movies about Mount Everest are often either inspiring or terrifying documentaries, from Dying for Everest to ...

A new study by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has revealed that the 2024 Thame flood in the Everest region was triggered by a chain reaction of geological and ...

That’s precisely what professional ski mountaineer Jim Morrison did on October 15, 2025, when he became the first person in ...

"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.

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.

Foreign climbers are on top of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, and in a monastery below Manaslu, Gangdal once held a long ...

GLOFs are among the most destructive and prominent hazards in high-mountain regions. Capable of releasing millions of cubic ...

Tibetan firefighters are seen rescuing stranded trekkers from Everest in this screengrab taken from a video released on Monday. (Tibet Firefighting Department via Reuters) Rescue efforts continue for ...

Skier and mountaineer Jim Morrison has completed the first-ever ski descent of Mt. Everest’s notoriously challenging Hornbein Couloir in a feat National Geographic called “the most audacious ski run ...

Rescuers are struggling to reach at least 200 hikers trapped in a Mount Everest valley by an unexpectedly fierce weekend snowstorm that pounded the mountain with snow and heavy rain, according to ...

The images of Andrzej Bargiel of Poland skiing down a lonely, snowy Everest, on the first complete descent without supplementary oxygen, have made headlines around the world. However, until now, we ...

Hundreds of hikers were stranded on the lower slopes of the world’s tallest mountain and the surrounding area during a weekend of heavy snowfall, as a holiday week brought many Chinese tourists to the ...