The North Col (Col is a Welsh word, which means saddle) is the low point of one of the three great ridges that emanate from the summit of Mount Everest. In this case the North Ridge drops ...
At around 620 miles high, these subsurface “islands of rock” stand more than 100 times higher than Mount Everest’s summit of around 5.5 miles, and pretty much dwarf everything else on the ...
More than 340 people have died trying to climb Mount Everest ... It is "not known whether the pair ever reached the summit — an important Everest mystery among climbers and historians alike ...
Pastemba Sherpa, a Mount Everest guide, breaks down every piece of gear Sherpa guides use to summit the world's tallest mountain. All of this equipment needs to be carried up and back, so guides ...