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Pasdawa Sherpa and Dawa Ongju Sherpa helped Norwegian climber Kristin Harila reach the highest summits in 2022. Their bitter breakup highlights a power disparity between Sherpas and the clients that hire them.

The Norwegian mountaineer explains why women deserve equal support on the world’s highest mountains

The 36-year-old Norwegian is already ahead of Nims Purja’s schedule on the 14 peaks. She tells us her mission is to prove that high-altitude expeditions aren’t just a man’s game.

The “Savage Mountain” saw its busiest day ever earlier this week, as more than 100 climbers reached the summit

A bloody conflict between the Himalayan ‘ghost cats’ and Nepali shepherds is only partially to blame—and raises questions about their future

As a safe and drama-free season on Mount Everest comes to a close, mountaineers and guides ponder the mountain’s crowded future

Hundreds of mountaineers are taking advantage of clear conditions on the world’s tallest peak

Seven climbers from the Full Circle Everest team reached the peak on Thursday

Dozens of expeditions took advantage of favorable weather to reach the world’s highest point on Thursday

The alpinist navigated sheer descents amid whiteout conditions to complete the first descent of the world’s fifth-highest peak

A storm brewing off the coast of India has teams at Base Camp starting their bids for the summit this week

Several mountaineers have ambitious plans to climb multiple 8,000-meter peaks this season

Nepal’s Department of Tourism has issued roughly 30 percent fewer permits in 2022 than the record-breaking 408 it did a year ago

German mountaineer Jost Kobusch is chasing a seemingly impossible record on the world’s most famous peak

The Ukrainian Embassy has asked Nepali officials to block Russian mountaineers from the high peaks

Mountaineer Gelje Sherpa takes us inside his ambitious plan to open a new commercial route on the world’s sixth-highest peak

Despite Base Camp’s status as a super-spreader location, guides actually might have been safer on Everest than they would have been back home

The coronavirus has put climbers and workers in even more danger than usual