The lack of oxygen poses one of greatest threats to climbers who attempt to summit, with levels dropping to less than 40% when they reach the Everest “death zone.” The first target for ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Vanessa O'Brien: 26,000 feet or 8,000 meters, they do call the "death zone." The death zone is, you know, a part of what happens at height in the mountain.

But if climbers want to summit Mount Everest, the tallest peak in the world at 29,029 feet (8,848 meters or 5.5 miles) above sea level, they have to brave what's known as "The Death Zone" - the ...

One of the major risk factors in this zone is the risk of frostbite. Temperatures here are said to fall below -30 degrees Celsius. Aside from altitude, climbers in and around the death zone must ...

Everest's peak sits 5.5 miles above sea level. To get to the summit, climbers must brave the "death zone," the area more than 26,000 feet up, where the body cannot get enough oxygen. But the ...

After nearly a year of putting together this project on Everest, the thought of sending our climbers off for the last time onto the mountain is at once frightening and overwhelming. David ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Mountaineers during their ascend to Mount Everest's summit, in Nepal. [AFP] An Indian ...

Join me this March, which marks my 1 year anniversary of when I left for Nepal. When I'll be sharing my personal story not only of climbing Mount Everest and what life in the death zone is really like ...

The death toll continues to rise in the aftermath of the earthquake that hit Nepal on Saturday and passes 3200, with more than 6000 people injured. The avalanche that struck Everest base camp is said ...