Several days before Chin’s team found Irvine’s boot, they also found a 1933 oxygen cylinder near the Central Rongbuk Glacier. The cylinder likely came from the fourth British Everest attempt ...

This Everest season, Karl Egloff and Tyler Andrews will try speed ascents. Kaji Sherpa holds the record, set in 1998, but not ...

Almost all non-Sherpa climbers on Mount Everest summit attempt to climb with supplemental oxygen tanks to assist their physical performance and mitigate the risk of developing these conditions.

Oxygen tanks, down suits, and headlamps are essential for keeping him and the climbers safe. More from So Expensive Pastemba Sherpa, a Mount Everest guide, breaks down every piece of gear Sherpa ...

On 17/05 Nives Meroi and Romano Benet reached the summit of Everest (8850m) without the use of supplementary oxygen via the north face. After being the first Italian woman to summit K2, Nives Meroi is ...

or failing to properly prepare life-saving equipment like supplementary oxygen tanks. All told, climbing in the Death Zone is "a living hell," as Everest climber and 1998 NOVA expedition member ...