Mount Everest

Isostatic rebound causes Everest to rise 0.01-0.02 inches yearly, offsetting surface erosion from wind and rain.

Drone can carry 15kg of supplies between camps in 12 minutes for round trip

Britain's Kenton Cool, 50, and Nepali guide Kami Rita Sherpa, 54, climb Mount Everest for their 18th and 29th times

Legendary mountaineer gears up to climb four peaks in next two years

Mountaineer becomes first Pakistani woman to summit seven peaks exceeding 8000 metres

Conquering the majestic mountain means he is now part of an exclusive cohort of individuals to summit Mount Everest

Cool, who climbed the 8,849-metre peak for the first time in 2004, said the giant mountain appears to be drying now

Official says Indian climber has been missing since Monday

Zhang Hong completes 8,849 metre-high Himalayan feat on May 24 along with three high altitude guides

Tsang Yin-hung scales 29,031 feet mountain in a record time of 25 hours and 50 minutes

Two climbers died of exhaustion on the mountain this week

Youngest summiteer

A passionate climber, Shehroze first started climbing at the age of 11

A Norwegian climber hoping to summit world's highest peak tested positive for Covid-19

One-week quarantine requirement and a certificate showing the climber had tested negative for the virus, required

New height of 8,848.86 meters is 86cm higher than previous height recorded by Nepal

Vanessa O'Brien also meets President Alvi and presents the flag which she carried to K2 and Challenger Deep

Business activities also resume amid rising number of coronavirus cases in country

Foreigners to be subject to quarantine, public gatherings discouraged as Nepal seeks to avert outbreak

Cans and gas canisters, bottles, plastic and discarded climbing gear litter the mountain

Four Indians have already died in separate incidents on Everest this year

Nepal issued a record 381 Everest permits this season

Toll from deadly week on world's highest peak reaches to 10

47-year-old business executive says knowing her climb would be in the record books helped her push on to the top

Nepal has raked in over $4 million in Everest permit fees alone in 2019

10-year-old aiming to become youngest to reach top of world’s tallest peak

Xia Boyu climbs Mount Everest, conquering all physical challenges

The sport will put their remote village on the map and provide the funds needed to rebuild homes

Few would dare attempt to climb the fabled 8,848 metre-peak without seeking Lama Geshe's blessing.

Record-breaking mountaineer laments govt’s reluctance to back rare attempt

Officials would seek to establish whether a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in April had altered the mountain’s height

At least 120 others are believed to have made the summit from the Tibetan side

Army chief lauds Abdul Jabbar Bhatti's outstanding achievement; wishes for his speedy recovery

Ceremony held to mark the first summit of the mountain

The two men and an air hostess were rushed to hospital in a serious condition

Two of the crew members are in a serious condition, say officials

South African was arrested during questioning under Nepal's strict public order laws for swearing at tourism officials

More than 120 climbers have successfully summited Everest from the south side so far this season

It is the third death so far this climbing season

A tourism department official, Gyanendra Shrestha, confirmed Kumar was out of contact

Before the Italian couple, only 34 mountain climbers had been able to conquer the Earth's 14 highest summits

An increasing number of expedition organisers are offering 'rapid ascent' packages

They exchanged vows at 17,000ft above sea level.

Ryan Sean Davy told officials at base camp that he had climbed alone as far as camp two

The former soldier became the world's oldest climber to summit Everest in 2008

A record of 373 foreign climbers have been cleared to scale for the gigantic mountains

Climber slips on Nuptse wall which is believed to be cause of death

But not everyone is keen on the idea, complaining that the renowned DJ is disturbing the peace of the Himalayas

Mountaineers have removed more than 16 tonnes of trash from Everest in the past

Extreme cold, strong winds forced mountaineer to return to basecamp