The Winter Climbing Season begins Saturday, December 21, with the solstice and the official start of winter. The climbing expedition teams seeking to summit Himalayan peaks this winter season are ...

Mountaineers will have to contend with much more unpredictable conditions. Climbing Mount Everest is one of the most difficult feats known to humankind, but the treacherous expedition is getting even ...

The ‘second’ climbing season in the Himalayas is about to begin. The ‘first’ climbing season, which began in March and ended in June, is known as the pre-monsoon period. The post-monsoon season begins ...

The climbing expedition teams seeking to summit Himalayan peaks this winter season are currently acclimatizing in the Khumbu Valley, with Ama Dablam (22,349 feet) serving as a warm-up peak for their 8 ...

SALT LAKE CITY – Three American climbers lay in the dark, sharing a custom-made sleeping bag on a portable ledge dangling from a massive cliff high in the Himalayas. They were anchored to the north ...