It's been almost 30 years since the 1996 storm on Mount Everest claimed the lives of eight people: guides Andrew Harris, Rob Hall, and Scott Fischer; clients Doug Hanson and Yasuko Namba; and ...

Mount Everest has attracted thousands of adventure seekers over the years, but unfortunately, not all of them make it back home. Everest is based on the story of two expedition groups in 1996 who set ...

More than 300 people have died climbing Mount Everest — the tallest peak in the world, located in the Himalayas near the China-Nepal border. On May 10, 1996, four different expeditions attempted to ...

Fox, part of a group that huddled overnight during a disastrous blizzard on Mount Everest that killed eight climbers, died last week after an... Friend Remembers Climber Charlotte Fox, Survivor Of ...

Last week, a government panel set up after this spring’s fatalities on Mt Everest were blamed on overcrowding recommended that permits be issued to climb Mt Everest only to those who have already ...

“PEOPLE STILL THINK CLIMBING the Southeast Ridge of Everest is an adventure,” says American climber Pete Athans, 45, leader of the Everest 50th Anniversary Expedition, who summited the mountain for ...