Overcrowding on Mount Everest contributes to rise in deaths
Eleven people have died this season, the highest number since 2015.
Nepal’s record-setting Everest guide returns as a hero
Family, friends and supporters welcomed a veteran Sherpa guide upon his return to Nepal's capital on Saturday, days after his 24th climb of Mount Everest extended his record.
Two dead and two missing near the summit of Mount Everest
Two people died and two are missing near the summit of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world.
Despite death and destruction, climbers head back up Mount Everest
PBS NewsHour spoke to Grayson Schaffer, a senior editor for Outside Magazine, about the destruction the avalanche caused, whether Mt. Everest is getting more dangerous and why business as usual will start again so soon.
The climbing season on Mount Everest was temporarily halted after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake on April 25 caused avalanches in Nepal. American climber Mike Hamill, who was on the mountain at the time, recounted his story to National Geographic.
One day after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake ravaged Nepal on Saturday, a series of aftershocks have continued to shake the region, one of which measured 6.6 on the Richter scale.
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A team of women in Nepal has achieved a mountaineering first, scaling seven of the world's highest peaks on seven continents.
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