Travel & Experiences
There is a postscript to the ascent of Mt.
Sept. 19, 1988
Of the more than 150 people who have scaled Everest, only six have been women.
Aug. 31, 1986
World & Nation
A climbing guide said Saturday that a coronavirus outbreak on Mt. Everest has infected at least 100 climbers and support staff.
May 22, 2021
Lowe, a New Zealander like Sir Edmund Hillary, was the last surviving climber from the 1953 expedition.
March 22, 2013
Chinese mountaineering officials won’t allow climbing on their side of Everest this year, expedition groups say, and Nepal reports a run of cancellations.
March 12, 2020
Obituaries
Norman Dyhrenfurth, a Swiss American mountaineer and filmmaker who organized the famed 1963 American expedition to Mt.
Sept. 27, 2017
Ardito Desio, the Italian geologist and geographer who led the first expedition to scale K2, the world’s second-highest mountain, has died.
Dec. 16, 2001
March 21, 2013
In 33 years, 200 men and women have stepped atop Mt.
Jan. 4, 1987
Himalayas: An unforgiving environment and commercialized expeditions combined to create disaster, mountaineers say.
May 15, 1996