The Sherpa team in charge of opening a route through Everest's Khumbu Icefall is about to begin their annual high-risk job. A ...

The Khumbu Icefall, a frozen river that moves four feet a day, flows at the foot of Mt. Everest and must be navigated to ...

K Expeditions will fix the ropes from Camp 2 to the summit of Everest. Owner Lakpa Sherpa spoke to ExplorersWeb about the ...

With the start of main climbing season, an eight-member team of icefall doctors today left for the Mt Everest base camp from ...

The Icefall Traverse route begins north of Golden, BC at a helipad where Whitetooth Heli’s talented mountain pilots transport the athletes into the Mons Hut - the usual starting point.

Above him a string of headlamps flickered in the darkness, as more than 200 Sherpas and other Nepali workers filed through the Khumbu Icefall. Considered among the most hazardous sections of any ...

The Sherpa team in charge of opening a route through Everest's Khumbu Icefall is about to begin their annual high-risk job. A team of eight Sherpa climbers and a small camp staff left Namche ...