Our mountaineering expert looks into the death zone and the reasons why climbing 8,000-meter peaks can be so dangerous ...

The Everest figures confirmed our sad suspicion: that the unparalleled figure of 17 deaths was not the whole tally. The final figure, confirmed by Nepal authorities, adds up to 20. Not exactly ...

Distinguished mountaineer Gerard Hommel, a veteran of six Everest expeditions, died after falling off a ladder: he slipped and cracked his head on a sink as he was attempting to change a light bulb in ...

So how deadly is Everest and how does it compare with others in the region? Records suggest there have been just over 280 deaths on the mountain. While the number of deaths has been increasing ...

But if climbers want to summit Mount Everest, the tallest peak in the world at 29,029 feet (8,848 meters or 5.5 miles) above sea level, they have to brave what's known as "The Death Zone" - the ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Vanessa O'Brien: 26,000 feet or 8,000 meters, they do call the "death zone." The death zone is, you know, a part of what happens at height in the mountain.

Over the past two decades, the average annual death rate of climbers on Mount Everest has remained at about six. But this spring, at least 10 people have already been reported dead or missing on ...

That's in addition to another Sherpa who died earlier this year before last week's avalanche, making the total loss far higher than any other 3-year period. A Sherpa's job on Mount Everest is ...

It extends to the far reaches of Mount Everest where it’s fatal. The world’s highest peak is racking up casualties at a rate that people are now calling it a ‘death zone.’ The most recent ...

[AFP] An Indian climber rescued from Everest has died in hospital, a Nepali tourism official said Tuesday, taking the number of fatalities this season on the world's highest mountain to eight.

Three more climbers have died on Everest, expedition organisers and officials said Friday, taking the toll from a deadly week on the overcrowded world's highest peak to seven. "Two more Indian ...