Since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay conquered Everest/Chomolungma in 1953, commercial mass mountaineering has put unsustainable pressure on unique environments and communities.
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This year is shaping up to be one of the deadliest on record. Here are some of the challenges climbers face when attempting to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
The mountain climbing industry has transformed the lives of the Sherpas – both for good and bad. A new book focuses on their lives and deeds.
A new book explores physical culture in a social and historical context, focusing on colonial settings.
Before reaching summits became part of the new ‘sublime’ in the late 18th century, people didn’t climb mountains.
The man who explained the greenhouse effect was accidentally killed by his wife.
The rise in adventure tourism is prompting a close examination of how to regulate it. But how to regulate risk without killing the adventure?
The 2019 season has been one of Mount Everest’s deadliest for climbers.
Overcrowding and inexperience is proving a dangerous combination on the world’s highest peaks. Is it time to introduce controls on who can climb them?
The answer to life, the universe and everything is not 42, but 282.
A new exhibition captures the moment when Germany started to rebuild her national pride, in the Himalayan mountains.
While acclimatising is more important, here’s the training you should undertake to go mountain-climbing.
The story of the first ascent of Annapurna offers a remarkable insight into today’s European relations.
Planet 50:50 is a worthy aspiration this International Women’s Day – but there is still a mountain to climb and employers need to help.
Scientists almost never get to be household names just for doing science. Most who impact the public consciousness, like Brian Cox, Richard Dawkins and Stephen Hawking, tend to at least combine the science…
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