Mt. Everest season opens late, with climbers undeterred by huge ice block and high travel costs

Hundreds of climbers are attempting to scale Mount Everest despite high costs and an unstable ice block on the key trail.
Anadolu Agency

Nepal issues record number of Everest climbing permits despite higher fees

Nepal has issued a record 492 permits to climb Mount Everest during this year’s spring expedition season, despite a sharp ...

Sherpas cross icefall, open route for climbers to move up on Everest

By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU, April 28 (Reuters) - A group of Sherpa climbers have opened the route to Mount Everest that had ...

Former serviceman handcycles to Everest Base Camp

Ollie Thorn handcycled to Everest Base Camp [Ben Large] A former serviceman who was paralysed in a crash has handcycled to ...

Is There a Different Way Up Everest? 10 Simple Questions About This Year’s Delay Answered.

Our Everest expert answers ten simple questions about the 2026 climbing season, and why it was delayed by the Khumbu Icefall.
Outside

Four Years After Full Circle Everest, Philip Henderson Continues to Tell His Story

Philip Henderson has told his Mount Everest story hundreds of times, but he’s not done repeating it—not by a long shot. “This is a lifetime of work I’m talking about,” Henderson, 63, recently told me.

Sherpas cross icefall, open route to Camp I on Everest - hiking officials

By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU, April 28 (Reuters) - A group of Sherpa climbers have opened the route to a camp on Mount Everest past chunks of ice and a giant serac that had delayed the opening of the ...