Four climbers went up and down Everest in under a week with the help of xenon gas—a record-breaking ascent that has ignited ...

Some see a record-breaking ascent by British climbers who used xenon as a breakthrough, but others view it as the latest affront to Mount Everest’s dignity - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Mount Everest's 2025 climbing season began in late April with new safety rules, restrictions, and bans. Nepal is now considering whether to permit the use of xenon gas.

Anthony 'Staz' Stazicker has told how he and his crew of fellow SAS veterans were ambushed by an avalanche as they navigated ...

For one, the cost of a 30-minute session to breathe in the anesthetic gas costs $5,000 per person, adding to the already significant number on the "climbing Mount Everest" price tag.

Forces of tourism on one hand and climate change on the other are posing huge challenges for these marginal environments.

On May 8, 1978, world-renowned alpinist Reinhold Messner and his frequent partner, Peter Habeler, became the first to summit Mount Everest (29,032 feet) without supplemental oxygen.

A mountaineering group climbed Mt. Everest door-to-door from Great Britain in just a week with the use of Xenon gas. Tenzing Norgay’s son Norbu weighs in.

Most people who are allergic to cats aren’t reacting to the fur—they’re reacting to a protein in cat saliva called Fel d 1.

In his latest video dispatch, Ben Ayers discusses the big storylines that shaped the spring climbing season on the world’s ...