Xenon Gas. Angela Benavides reported in an Article for ExplorersWeb that a Mount Everest expedition team intends to climb the highest mountain in the world over a 4-5 day period this spring. To do ...

Everest climbers complete last leg of seven-day mission. The four British military veterans say they still haven’t processed a speed climb for which they used xenon gas to acclimatize before the ...

Mount Everest seen at sunset, as the peak’s height continues to grow at a rate of about two millimeters per year. Nir B. Gurung via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0. Mount Everest, the ...

After 15 hours they reached the top. It was 6pm, and "there was the most magnificent sunset going on". Unlike many climbers, they spent a good hour on the summit, eating Kendal Mint Cake, taking ...

Everest safety under scrutiny as third climber dies An Indian climber has died on Mount Everest, becoming the third person to die on the peak in recent days. ...

Three Nepali Sherpas are missing after being buried by a block of snow on Mount Everest, according to a statement from Nepal’s Tourism Department on Wednesday.

Climbing high requires physiological adjustment. Humans were not designed to live at altitudes pushing 8,000 meters – the Death Zone. But our bodies can adjust.