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Nepal is a year-round destination, but for the ultimate Himalayan adventure, plan your visit in autumn or spring, ...
With breathing capacity reduced by around 20 percent, Brian and his fellow runners were already physically drained before the ...
But is life in Base Camp too cushy? Ayers explores this topic. Want to stay up on Outside’s 2025 Everest Season coverage? Sign up for our Outside: Dispatches from Everest newsletter.
In May, our reporter Ben Ayers completed the 11-day hike to Mount Everest Base Camp, before spending a month living at 17,500 feet. During his reporting mission, Ayers tested a wide range of gear.
They will spend nine days trekking to Everest base camp. Two days of that will be for altitude acclimatisation. The Neuk needs to raise approximately £30,000 per year to stay open.
In his latest video dispatch, Ben Ayers discusses the footwear that help his feet stay warm and dry during the 11-day hike to Mount Everest Base Camp Published: Jun 16, 2025 Updated: Jun 23, 2025 ...
Holy Mass offered for peace at Everest Base Camp on May 14, 2025. Mount Everest is visible here only as the snow-smoke cloud on the top left. (Photo: Courtesy photo) ...
A Perth mental health charity is to benefit from a fundraising trek to the top of the world. Perth man Barry Yeaman and friend Claire Hendry are to walk to Everest base camp at 5,380m, Nepal, this ...
Everest’s permanent northern base camp at Rongbuk in Tibet now welcomes up to 3,000 visitors a day in high season. Tourists are initially disgorged into a regimented tented village – modern ...
Anthony 'Staz' Stazicker has told how he and his crew of fellow SAS veterans were ambushed by an avalanche as they navigated Mount Everest's Khumbu Icefall.
The trek to Nepal’s Everest Base Camp isn’t technical and doesn’t require crampons or mountaineering experience, but it can still feel daunting. There’s the elevation to contend with ...
The endurance athlete and ultramarathon runner made it to the Mount Everest Base Camp in his 60s, but he didn't make it to the summit of the 29,032-foot mountain before his death in April 2010.