About two dozen climbers were directly in the path of the avalanche, and many others were at the margins above and below. At 6:45 a.m. Kurt Hunter, the Everest Base Camp manager of Madison ...

Pemba Tshering Sherpa, who survived Friday's avalanche on Mount Everest, describes his experience on the mountain that day. Photo: Narendra Shrestha for The Wall Street Journal ...

And these are typical conditions on the world’s highest mountain: Mount Everest. The behemoth towers ... the world’s highest mountain, after an avalanche killed 12 Sherpa guides.

Mount Everest's Sherpas are considering a climbing boycott following the deadliest avalanche in the mountain's history. Several Sherpas have already quit, while others are still mulling over a boycott ...

The avalanche jolted both India and Nepal, wrecked around 30 base camps, took away 17 lives and injured more than 61 people. The scary Mt. Everest Avalanche in pictures | Business Insider India ...

A Mount Everest avalanche last week that killed 16 Sherpas — professional Nepalese mountaineers paid to assist recreational climbers — caps off the worst three-year period for Sherpas in ...

The sister of Dan Fredinburg, 33, reported his passing in a post on his Instagram account, saying he suffered a head injury in the avalanche. (JTA) — A Jewish Google executive, Dan Fredinburg ...

2015 avalanche video goes viral This was the second time that Kobusch has experienced an earthquake on Mount Everest. In April 2015, a devastating quake in Nepal triggered an avalanche from the ...

As of September, everyone on the mountain must be accompanied by an expert guide, improving safety but potentially ...

Five tourists -- all Mexican nationals -- were onboard a sightseeing aircraft when it crashed. Sherpa in disbelief over garbage left at Mount Everest camp Sherpa breaks world record with 27th ...

According to Glacier Himalaya Treks and Expedition, a private group of experienced mountaineers that offers tours, the permit ...

Nepal plans to raise Mount Everest climbing permit fees from $11,000 to $15,000, impacting climbers worldwide.