A newly released map provides a stark visualization of the numerous fatalities on Mount Everest, underscoring ... a member of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) who died in the blizzard of ...

China has closed for tourists the scenic areas of its side of Mt Everest, also known as Mount Qomolangma, following a 6.8-magnitude earthquake that jolted Dingri County in the Tibet Autonomous ...

the most important leader in Tibetan Buddhism after the Dalai Lama. Shigatse is also the closest big city to the Mount Everest Base Camp. Ngari is much more remote compared to Shigatse and Lhasa.

In the early years, little was known about the physiological effects of extreme altitude, and mountaineers the world over wondered if they could possibly climb Mount Everest, the world's highest ...

A powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake centered about 50 miles from Mount Everest left at least 126 dead in Tibet on Tuesday, reports say. Another 188 people have been injured on the Chinese side of the ...