The collapse happened around 4:40 a.m. on Tuesday near the Hillary Step as Paterson and Sherpa were making their descent. Daniel Paul Paterson is believed dead after he vanished on Mount Everest.

More than 600 climbers made it to the summit of Everest last year but it was also the deadliest season on the mountain, with 18 fatalities. Thursday's grim news came on the same day that Nepali ...

The Hillary Step is located in the Everest “death zone”, an area between South Col at 8,000m and the summit where the level of natural oxygen is inadequate for survival.

In a separate incident, Kenyan climber Joshua Cheruiyot Kirue’s body was discovered near the ridge between Hillary Step and the summit while his guide, Nawang Sherpa, remains missing, according ...

The climbing season on Mount Everest peaks in late May and early June every year. Extreme weather patterns at this location and altitude mean the mai ...

Unnerving videos have circulated, showing a snarl of climbers on the summit ridge even as fewer permits were issued this year. Eighteen climbers died in 2023.

“ It is not possible to search for the missing climbers right now because the British (mountaineer) and his Sherpa fell from the bottom of Hillary step, which is at about 8,800 meters (26,964 ...

Norgay died in 1986 and is being represented by his son, Jamling, also an Everest climber, who said Tuesday that the first Everest climb benefited mankind. "They took a step farther into the unknown.