In his latest video dispatch, Ben Ayers discusses the big storylines that shaped the spring climbing season on the world’s ...

A central Illinois man climbed out of the regions corn and soy fields to summit the tallest mountain in the world — with his ...

Four climbers went up and down Everest in under a week with the help of xenon gas—a record-breaking ascent that has ignited ...

Forces of tourism on one hand and climate change on the other are posing huge challenges for these marginal environments.

Some see a record-breaking ascent by British climbers who used xenon as a breakthrough, but others view it as the latest affront to Mount Everest’s dignity - Anadolu Ajansı ...

History is repeating itself in the world of controversial sports records.

Their objection isn’t to xenon itself but to the idea of making Everest easier. That’s the same problem many runners have with Kipyegon’s sub-four-minute-mile attempt.

It was a travesty—two travesties, actually, separate but inextricably linked. In May 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, a challenge ...

A group of British climbers have sparked a fierce debate after they reached the summit of Mount Everest in less than a week, crediting xenon gas as their secret weapon to acclimatize much quicker to ...