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Trekking paths leading to Everest base camp. Lobuche village and Ngozumpa glacier. Solu Khumbu. Nepal.

Utah Man Is Among the Latest to Die Amid Traffic Jam of Hikers at Mount Everest

A Utah man who had set off with a goal to climb the highest peak on all sev...

A Utah man who had set off with a goal to climb the highest peak on all seven continents died Wednesday after reaching the summit of Mount Everest. Donald Lynn Cash, 54, fainted from high...

Nepali survey team Suraj Sing Bhandari (C), Yubaraj Dhital (R) and mountain guide Tshiring Janbu Sherpa (L) check equipment before leaving on an expedition to remeasure the height of Mount Everest on April 8, 2019.

Nepalese Climbers Are Remeasuring Mount Everest Following Doubts About Its Height

Some speculate that the mountain shrunk after the earthquake in 2015

In this photograph taken on April 21, 2018, Mount Everest (height 8848 metres) is seen in the Everest region some 140 km northeast of the Nepali capital Kathmandu.

Two Sherpa Widows Will Try to Summit Everest in Honor of Their Late Husbands

They also hope to inspire other widows and single women

Chinese double amputee climber Xia Boyu, who lost both of his legs during first attempt to climb Everest, in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on April 4, 2018.

The Ethics of Climbing Everest: Double Amputee Xia Boyu’s Feat Fuels Debates About Who Belongs on the Roof of the World

Xia Boyu's triumph has exacerbated an ethical debate that has been raging f...

Xia Boyu's triumph has exacerbated an ethical debate that has been raging for several months: Who belongs on the roof of the world?

A 69-Year-Old Double Amputee Has Just Climbed Mount Everest

"I love the mountain," Xia Boyu told TIME prior to his climb

Indian residents wade through flood waters in the Indian state of West Bengal on Aug. 24, 2017.

Severe Flooding in South Asia Has Caused More Than 1,200 Deaths This Summer

More than 41 million people are affected in India, Bangladesh and Nepal

Nepalese women Pabitra Giri (L) and Yum Kumari Giri (R) sit by a fire as they live in a Chhaupadi hut during their menstruation period in Surkhet District, some 520km west of Kathmandu on Feb. 3, 2017.

Nepal Criminalizes Period Huts

On Aug. 9, Nepal criminalized the practice of relegating women to huts when...

On Aug. 9, Nepal criminalized the practice of relegating women to huts when they are menstruating. The new law, which comes into effect in August 2018, stipulates that anyone enforcing the custom, known as chhaupadi,...