Mount Everest

The four-minute uninterrupted video shows the ascent of the world’s highest peak from China

In his latest video, Ben Ayers discusses the puffy coat, insulated pants, sleeping bag, and sunglasses that helped him thrive at 17,500 feet

In his latest video, Ben Ayers discusses the base and midlayer garments that kept him warm and dry at Mount Everest Base Camp, where temperatures fluctuate between balmy and below zero

Travel far away from the crowds and stay in some of the wildest stretches on the planet.

In his latest video dispatch, Ben Ayers discusses the footwear that help his feet stay warm and dry during the 11-day hike to Mount Everest Base Camp

In his latest video dispatch, our Mount Everest reporter discusses the living conditions found at the foot of the world’s highest peak

Our Everest reporter explains the biggest stories from the 2025 season: fewer fatalities than in 2024, a narrow weather window, and multiple notable ascents

One of America's most accomplished mountaineers details her unexpected journey to the top of the world in her new memoir, 'Enough'

Mount Everest’s Icefall Doctors, the workers who build and maintain the route through the Khumbu Glacier, pursue a livelihood rooted in tradition and danger

Tyler Andrews shares details from his aborted attempt at the Mount Everest speed record. The American is making a second attempt at the FKT later this week.

Veteran guides share tips and tricks for avoiding or navigating the gridlock that always arises on the trail to the top

Our reporter has confirmed four fatalities, as well as multiple helicopter rescues from high on the peak

Do they climb the same route every year? Is it just a bunch of rich people up there? You have Mount Everest questions and we have answers.

After a Czech climber suffered altitude sickness on the world’s highest peak, a helicopter pilot executed a dramatic long-line rescue at Camp III at 24,000 feet

In his latest video dispatch, Ben Ayers interviews Viorel “Wally” Stirbu, who is back at Everest for his third attempt to reach the summit

In his latest dispatch, our Everest reporter explains the crucial work done by rope-fixing teams. Plus, one climber’s global triathlon ends at Everest.

The 38-year-old from Chicago beat a brain tumor as a teenager and used his passion for mountaineering to raise money for cancer charities

In his latest video dispatch, our writer explains the naming debate surrounding the world’s highest peak

Our Everest columnist shares some intel on how to avoid illness during the 11-day hike. Plus, a rest day adventure in the Himalayas.

Our writer stops by the Pangboche Monastery, a 600-year-old Sherpa religious center where Mount Everest climbers receive a blessing before their expeditions

In his latest dispatch from the hike to Mount Everest Base Camp, the writer discusses how the booming tourism industry has changed the communities along the route. Plus, how much does a hotel cost?

In his latest video, Ben Ayers takes us inside the topsy-turvy world of air travel in Nepal’s Mount Everest region

The writer became an aid worker for Mount Everest climbers during the devastating disaster. A decade later, he explores how the tragedy shaped Nepal—and his own life.

In his latest video dispatch, Ben Ayers shows the boots, parkas, sleeping bags, and other crucial gear he will use during the trek to Everest Base Camp

Italian pilot Simone Moro shares details of his recent lifesaving flight to the flanks the Himalayan peak

What drives people to climb the world’s highest peak? Writer and explorer Ben Ayers has had countless conversations with mountaineers from all over the world. Hear the insights he’s gathered during his time living in Kathmandu.

Our Everest correspondent recently attended a pre-climb meeting held by guiding company Seven Summit Treks in downtown Kathmandu

Ben Ayers takes a tour of the Astrek Complex in downtown Kathmandu, home of gear shops, cafes, and an outdoor climbing wall

The Norwegian mountaineer discusses her ongoing search for Tenjen “Lama” Sherpa and Gina Rzucidlo, her mixed feelings on speed records, and the dark side of Internet fame

Outside will be stationed in Nepal’s Mount Everest Base Camp for the 2025 spring climbing season. Here is your destination for all the news from the Himalayas.

Climbing season is about to start on the world's highest peak, and Outside is headed to Base Camp to report on these and other stories

Austrian guide Lukas Furtenbach will lead a one-week trip to the top of Everest and back this year. Prior to the ascent, he and his clients will inhale xenon gas, which he says helps with acclimatization.

After a YouTuber called into question his best-selling book about Mount Everest, Krakauer, 70, launched his own series of videos and essays to defend his work

The price of a permit to climb the world’s highest peak will rise 36 percent later this year. Guides believe that climbers will still flock to the mountain.

The Nepali climber who summited Mount Everest three times in two weeks has always gone her own way

Metcalfe, a 50-year-old doctor from Colorado, recently became the first American woman to ascend all 14 mountains above 8,000 meters. Before completing the record, she battled internal demons over what it means to make history on the peaks.

A group led by filmmaker Jimmy Chin found the boot of Andrew "Sandy" Irvine, the British climber who vanished on Everest alongside George Mallory in 1924. Experts say the mystery involving the duo remains.

Tyler Andrews predicts more top runners will pursue Fastest Known Times on the world’s tallest mountains

From pricey foreign driving fines to late-night ant attacks, our travel correspondents reveal trip snafus they don’t want to relive

Five questions with Oscar-nominated director Lucy Walker, whose latest documentary “Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa” debuts on Netflix on July 31

The latest aerial footage from the world’s highest peak follows the popular Western Cwm route from Base Camp to the 29,032-foot summit

Cory Richards has climbed the tallest mountains in the world and had his photos in the biggest adventure magazines in the game. In his new memoir, he shares the mental health highs and lows that shaped his life and storied career.

The number of fatalities on the world’s highest peak decreased in 2024 from a year ago. We asked guides and government officials why.

Five questions with Nepali mountaineer Purnima Shrestha, who recently became the first woman to climb Mount Everest three times in one season

Adrian Ballinger, Kilian Jornet, Melissa Arnot Reid and others offer public support to two women who say Purja harassed and assaulted them in a recent ‘New York Times’ story

Two climbers fell to their deaths on Mount Everest on May 21 after an ice cornice collapsed. Eyewitness accounts and video clips provide an inside look at the disaster and frantic aftermath.

Fitness influencer Devon Levesque transformed the world’s highest peak into a trampoline on May 21

A collapsing section of ice sent six climbers tumbling down the world’s highest peak, and rescuers have yet to find two. The disaster occurred during a busy period on the mountain.

Photojournalist Purnima Shrestha wants to become the first woman to scale the world’s highest peak three times in one season. She’s got one more summit to go.

Two climbers from Mongolia disappeared on the world’s highest peak earlier this week. Bad weather slowed rescue teams from reaching the spot where they went missing.

Abiral Rai, an IMFGA-certified guide on Mount Everest, takes us inside his daily grind, which includes ascending skyscraper-sized cliffs, carrying heavy bags of gear, and avoiding deadly hazards

When the British Empire finally put boots on top of the world on May 29, 1953, the news was entrusted to a young man named Ten Tsewang Sherpa, who ran 200 miles to Kathmandu

Every spring, hundreds of hopefuls make the trek to the world’s tallest summit and the surrounding high peaks. This is your base camp for all the news from the Himalayas.

When Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary made history by reaching the summit, a courier named Ten Tsewang Sherpa ran 200 miles to Kathmandu to deliver the news. He died a few weeks later. His story has never been told—until now.

Recovery missions on the world's highest peak aren't easy. Here's why they come with a soaring price tag and a heightened potential for disaster.

Nepali officials recently tested a cargo drone on the world’s highest peak, and believe aerial devices could reduce foot traffic in the deadly Khumbu Icefall

Five questions with the ‘Free Solo’ star about his future plans in big-wall climbing, high-altitude mountaineering, and outdoor filmmaking

The number of climbing permits issued by Nepal is down from 2023 as some expeditions have headed to China. But there’s bound to be drama on the world’s highest peak as climbers adjust to new regulations governing pollution and safety.

Dangers in the Khumbu Icefall forced rope fixers to chart a different route. Now, some expedition operators are scrambling to stay on schedule.

‘Everest, Inc.,’ a new book from veteran outdoor journalist Will Cockrell, documents the mountain’s transformation, first by Western guides and climbers, and now by Sherpas and Nepalis

The renowned guide and climber founded one of the nation’s leading guide services and summitted Mount Rainier over 250 times

Famed mountaineer, filmmaker, and Everest pioneer David Breashears died on March 14. Those who knew him best share memories of the legendary alpinist.

The pioneering climber and documentarian helped millions of people worldwide learn about Mount Everest and the Himalayas

Mountaineers now must haul their feces back to Base Camp in wag bags. We asked veteran guides how this shift will change life on the world’s highest peak.

China has suspended rescue efforts on the world’s 14th highest peak, ending the search for American Gina Rzucidlo and Nepali Tenjen Lama Sherpa

Two American women vying for the 8000er record and their guides were swept away by the slide on the famed Tibetan peak. One U.S. climber and a Sherpa guide are confirmed dead.

Chris Warner’s historic achievement was claimed “just for the fun of it”

The official explanation for the fee increase is rather macabre

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.

Some blame the weather, while others point the finger at the economic trends that are shaping Himalayan mountaineering

The 2023 death toll on Everest has already reached double digits—with multiple people still missing. And the climbing season isn’t over yet.

More than 100 climbers reached the top on Wednesday, May 17, but the day was not without tragedy

The American, who attained legend status for his 1963 ascent of the West Ridge, died at age 93

A guide from New Zealand says someone pilfered valuable supplies at Camp IV. Plus, hundreds of climbers are expected to push for the summit this week.

Guides in Base Camp say that Mother Nature will help determine whether climbers encounter dangerous congestion on the world’s tallest peak

Retired doctor Jonathan Sugarman of Seattle died at Camp II on Monday, May 1