The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Jen Loeb of Marengo, who climbed to the summit of Mount Everest last month and became what is believed ...
Nepal's mountaineering community is celebrating the 73rd anniversary of the conquest of Mount Everest amid growing concerns about overcrowding, rising temperatures. Nepal has issued a record 494 ...
Fewer than 1,000 women have summited the highest mountain above sea level, but Shaunna Burke is the only woman to have summited Mount Everest while battling stage four cancer. ​Climbing 29,032 feet ...
Melissa Arnot Reid’s mountaineering resume is a jaw dropping list of accomplishments; hundreds of summits of the world’s tallest, most dangerous peaks, including becoming the first American woman to ...
A record number of 274 people scaled Mount Everest via Nepal on Wednesday, after a late start to this year's spring season ...
New rules are changing the Everest Base Camp hiking experience, aiming to protect the Himalayas’ Sherpa communities and help trekkers make a more positive impact. New rules are changing the Everest ...