Above 8000 metres, the human body starts to die. We explore every way in which the worlds tallest mountain tries to kill you.

Earlier today, a huge serac collapsed in Everest's Khumbu Icefall. No one was injured, but the shifting ice destroyed some of the Sherpas' work. Khunga Sherpa, a guide for Furtenbach Adventures ...

Tyler Andrews of the U.S. is well above 8,000m and is approaching the summit ridge of Everest, 15 hours after departing from ...

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 ...

The ladders, ropes and oxygen cylinders that Pandey can transport via drone to aid the Sherpas or “icefall doctors” at Khumbu Icefall, a glacier located between Base Camp and Camp One ...

In 1960, he was back in the Khumbu on yet another expedition. As he squatted around a campfire in conversation with several Sherpas, he asked what was the one thing their village needed most.

Tashi Gyalzen Sherpa stood atop Everest for the fourth time in just 15 days, redefining what’s possible at the planet’s ...

The Khumbu region in Solukhumbu district has seen a surge in tourist arrivals. The Lukla airport reported 200 flights in a single day, indicating a significant influx of visitors for trekking in ...

Sherpa on Mount Everest is a dangerous job. They transport equipment through the dangerous Khumbu Icefall. Drones are supposed to reduce the danger. Sherpas on Mount Everest, the highest mountain ...

A Scutiger khumbu, or Khumbu Himal lazy toad. Photo from Hofmann, Ohler, Baniya, Dubois, Flecks, Jablonski, Schmidt and Dufresnes (2025) Slowly, a pattern emerged; the frogs from Nepal’s Khumbu ...

A Scutiger khumbu, or Khumbu Himal lazy toad. Photo from Hofmann, Ohler, Baniya, Dubois, Flecks, Jablonski, Schmidt and Dufresnes (2025) ...