CNN says the site of the disaster is about 20,000 feet above sea level. Everest's peak is an estimated 29,035 feet above sea level. This is the climbing season on Everest, which more than 4,000 ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal – Almost every year, the reports filter down from the highest mountain in the world, and talk among the climbing teams at Everest Base Camp turns to the latest person to die. On ...

After searing tragedy, Everest’s deadliest route is now off-limits February 18, 2015 More than 10 years ago Two members of the “Everest” IMAX film scaled the treacherous Khumbu Icefall in 1996.

You may already know everything there is to know about the tragedy on Everest in 1996. But this footage from shortly after is a must watch.

Yes, Everest is based on a real-life tragedy in which eight people died while trying to climb Mount Everest in 1996. Several climbers who survived the storm wrote memoirs about their experience on ...

Michael A. Roberto’s article, Lessons From Everest, illuminates some essential lessons on leadership, drawing on psychology from the 1996 Everest disaster. During an attempt to summit Everest in ...

Historic Tragedy on Everest, With 13 Sherpas Dead in Avalanche. The 2014 Mount Everest climbing season has begun with tragedy. By Mark Jenkins. April 19, 2014 ...

The 1996 Mount Everest Disaster Left Only a Handful of Survivors. Mount Everest has attracted thousands of adventure seekers over the years, but unfortunately, not all of them make it back home.

His second season on Everest, in 2013, he helped carry the body of a friend down from Camp III, which is at 23,484 feet (7,158 meters). But that fatality was the result of a medical condition, he ...

Two climbers fell to their deaths on Mount Everest on May 21 after an ice cornice collapsed. Eyewitness accounts and video clips provide an inside look at the disaster and frantic aftermath.

The 1996 Mount Everest Disaster Left Only a Handful of Survivors. Mount Everest has attracted thousands of adventure seekers over the years, but unfortunately, not all of them make it back home.