Hundreds were rescued from a surprise blizzard on Mount Everest. Here's what happened

SEOUL, South Korea -- The trip was not in Isaac Wang’s original plan. The 33-year-old Shanghai-based IT engineer was one of ...

Some 900 stranded by blizzard at Mount Everest reach safety

About 900 hikers, guides and other staff stranded by a weekend blizzard in a valley on the Chinese side of Mount Everest have ...
Yahoo

Hundreds of hikers are trapped on Mount Everest. Rescue efforts are underway.

Hundreds of hikers are stranded near Mount Everest due to a powerful blizzard that showered the Himalayas, Reuters reported, citing Chinese state media CCTV. Snowfall in the area began on the evening ...
KHON2

Snowstorm traps hundreds of hikers on Mount Everest

BEIJING (AP) — Rescuers were helping hundreds of hikers trapped by heavy snow at tourist campsites on a slope of Mount Everest in Tibet, Chinese state media said. About 350 hikers had reached a ...

Jim Morrison first to ski down Everest's Hornbein Couloir

American skier Jim Morrison has descended the extremely steep and dangerous North Face of Mount Everest on skis. He dedicated ...

Daredevil mountaineer makes history skiing down Mount Everest through death zone without oxygen

A mountaineer has made history by becoming the first person to ski down Mount Everest without the use of supplemental oxygen, expedition organizers confirmed Thursday. Polish national Andrzej ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN

American Mountaineer Makes History by Skiing Down Mount Everest’s Most Difficult Route

Jim Morrison, 50, completed the historic run on October 15 as a tribute to his late partner, Hilaree Nelson, who died in an ...