Everest Base Camp, Nepal—Just after dawn on May 23, 2019, two climate scientists, Tom Matthews and Baker Perry, stood on the Southeast Ridge of Mount Everest at 27,650 feet, on the verge of ...

The climbers reach the Southeast Ridge at 27,700 feet at a place known as "The Balcony." At this platform the climbers rest and admire the dawn light illuminating the peaks to the east and south.

At 8,000 meters above sea level, on the balcony of Everest, Dhillon and the Caudwell Xtreme Everest team collected the least-oxygenated human blood samples ever recorded in “healthy” humans.

Balcony: 27,500′/8400m- 4 – 5 hours Officially now on Everest, climbers are using supplemental oxygen to climb the steep and sustained route up the Triangular Face.

The 2023 death toll on Everest has already reached double digits—with multiple people still missing. ... “At the Balcony during our summit push around 8,300m, I saw someone in danger.

After a 17-hour, non-stop run without supplementary oxygen from Base Camp to above the Balcony (8,400m), the U.S. runner has decided to go down.

A Nepali sherpa who was helping a client conquer Mount Everest stopped the trip to save a distressed climber in an area known as the mountain’s “death zone.” The sherpa, named Gelje, is an ...

A Nepali sherpa reached the summit of Mount Everest for a record 28th time on Tuesday, an official said, completing his second ascent in just a week, as the toll in this year’s climbing season ...

The 2025 Mount Everest season will also be remembered for the unsuccessful attempts by two runners—American Tyler Andrews and Swiss-Ecuadorian Karl Egloff—to set a speed record on the peak.

The climbers reach the Southeast Ridge at 27,700 feet at a place known as "The Balcony." At this platform the climbers rest and admire the dawn light illuminating the peaks to the east and south.

At 8,000 meters above sea level, on the balcony of Everest, Dhillon and the Caudwell Xtreme Everest team collected the least-oxygenated human blood samples ever recorded in “healthy” humans.