Katelyn Sims remembers reading books about Mount Everest in the third grade. A couple of weeks ago, she found herself ...

In the early hours of 16 May, the Everest climbing team departed from Camp 2, heading towards the bergschrund at the base of ...

Doing Everest, Lhotse, and Nuptse in one season is so rare that only four have succeeded -- two Western guides, one ...

Nelson works her way up the fixed ropes on the Lhotse face through the Yellow band in ... ropes to the "balcony" on her way back to the South Col after summiting Everest in 2012 on a joint ...

They follow the same route up the mountain, scaling the sheer Lhotse Face -- a 1,125-metre wall of ice -- before the path to the neighbouring summits divides. The incident comes after two people ...

The Lhotse climb shares part of its route with ... Mountaineers climbing the Hillary Step during their ascend of the South face to summit Mount Everest (8,848.86-metre), in Nepal (AFP via Getty ...

and then make the final push to the summit from the South Col. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, checked in from Camp 2 yesterday. A view of the Lhotse Face from Camp 2 on Mount Everest / John ...

Lhotse's summit lies to the south, while its subsidiary peak, Lhotse Shar, extends to the east. The Lhotse Face, a steep and icy incline, poses a significant challenge for climbers attempting to ...

On February 17, Christina Lustenberger and Gee Pierrel skied the first descent of the Great Couloir on the South Face of ...