Mount Everest

Each January we post a farewell tribute to those members of our community lost in the year just past. Some of the people you may have heard of, some not. All are part of our community and contributed to climbing.

The world’s highest mountain is a sought-after prize, though rampant commercialization has significantly changed the climbing experience.

Nepali officials have denied a summit certificate to Russian mountaineer Katya Lipka, who flew a Ukrainian flag atop the world’s tallest peak

KG Kagambi, a member of the Full Circle Expedition and the only non-American on the team, reflects on his Everest experience.

The respected mountain guide was on a fixed rope, approaching the top, when she slipped out of her harness. A friend remembers a pioneering climber and a loss 40 years ago this month.

A member of the climber’s expedition confirms that she has once again topped the 8,849-meter peak, breaking her own record of most successful Everest climbs by a woman.

Seven climbers from the Full Circle Everest team reached the peak on Thursday.

The New Zealand mountaineer achieved international fame after his summit of the world’s highest peak in 1953. He also visited the North and South Pole, among other ventures.

The German mountaineer is chasing a seemingly impossible record, and a lofty dream, on the world’s most famous peak.

By the time of his and Sir Edmund Hillary's successful Everest climb, Norgay had been to the mountain six times and was a prolific high-altitude climber, earning numerous prestigious awards.

He established 5.9 in the early 1900s at a time when that was likely the highest grade worldwide, and went on to pioneer what would become the Northeast Ridge route on Everest.