Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Sherpa team in charge of opening a route through Everest's Khumbu Icefall is about to begin their annual high-risk job. A team ...

It took a final 18 hours of non-stop work in tough conditions, but the expert Sherpa team known as the Icefall Doctors have completed the difficult, winding route through Everest's Khumbu Icefall. Bad ...

Hundreds of climbers are attempting to scale Mount Everest despite high costs and an unstable ice block on the key trail.

An eight-member ‘icefall doctor’ team left for Everest Base Camp to fix climbing routes up to Camp 2 led by Ang Sarki Sherpa. Icefall doctors conduct a survey of the glacier and fix ladders and ropes ...

A group of Sherpa climbers have opened the route to Mount Everest that had been blocked for two weeks by chunks of ice and a giant serac, allowing mountaineers to make attempts to reach the summit, ...

The Sherpa team in charge of opening a route through Everest's Khumbu Icefall is about to begin their annual high-risk job. A ...