On 7 October the Slovenian Davo Karnicar made the first uninterrupted ski descent of the South Face of Everest On 7 October the Slovenian Davo Karnicar made the first uninterrupted ski descent of the ...

The ban against unsupported climbers on Mount Everest and other 8,000m peaks will not commence until after the bulk of the ...

From here, the snow ridge rises 1,000 feet to the South Summit ... feet down the Southwest Face, were it not for the fixed ropes. The most famous physical feature on Everest, the Hillary Step ...

But in the meantime the news has preceded him and apart from his exceptional ski descent of Everest's South Face there is the news about the possible discovery of Scott Fisher's body. Karnicar was ...

Often called the "Valley of Silence," the Western Cwm is a broad, flat, gently undulating glacial valley basin terminating at the foot of the Lhotse Face ... 8,000 feet of Everest—the first ...

Independent climbers hoping to summit Nepal's 8,000m peaks without supplementary oxygen or Sherpa support can relax. They're ...