The camp is located just below the Yellow Band. From here ... the summit ridge leads up to the highest point of Everest. The ridge is not steep, but is exposed, with a 10,000-foot-drop on either ...

Everest was first summited by Sherpa Tenzing ... The route to the South Col begins at C3 and across the Yellow Band. It starts steep but settles into a sustained grade as the altitude increases.

Multimodel forecasts show partly cloudy weather on Everest with some light snow flurries ... After reaching Camp 3 at 7,000m, they traverse the Yellow Band and the Geneva Spur to Camp 4 (7,950m).

Yellow Band, 25,000 feet The five of us got out of ... down from the South Col (the day before had been a big one for Everest summiting and this same day, the 20th of May, was going to be even ...

Everest's North Face on October 20, 1984. On that day, Phil and John Roskelley left high camp very late in the season and climbed through the Yellow Band where Roskelley turned back. Phil ...

Last week, Mongolian climbers Usukhjargal Tsedendamba, 53, and Purevsuren Lkhagvajav, 31, were found dead near Everest's summit, days after going missing. Yellow band on Mt Everest (8848.86 m), 20 ...

Ben is a journalist, writer, National Geographic Explorer, and humanitarian who has been based in Nepal for over 20 years. He regularly contributes to Outside’s coverage of Mount Everest and ...

Everest's North Face on October 20, 1984. On that day, Phil and John Roskelley left high camp very late in the season and climbed through the Yellow Band where Roskelley turned back. Phil ...

A Canadian climber died above Camp III on Mt Everest on May 25 ... Phurba Sherpa from Sankhuwasabha breathed his last near the Yellow Band above Camp III on May 16. American Doctor Jonathan ...

This is the first rock a climber touches on the route up Everest. It becomes very obvious when one has reached this point in the climb—one's crampons hit hard rock. The top of the yellow band is ...