Earlier today, a huge serac collapsed in Everest's Khumbu Icefall. No one was injured, but the shifting ice destroyed some of the Sherpas' work. Khunga Sherpa, a guide for Furtenbach Adventures ...

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.

The Khumbu Icefall, a magnificent feature located in the heart of the Khumbu region of Nepal within the Sagarmatha National ...

The treacherous Khumbu Icefall has opened on Mount Everest. The highest mountain in the world stands 29,029 feet. Located in the Himalayas on the Nepal-Tibet border, the iconic peak’s names ...

If we could speed it up we could actually see something like a river coming down from above us with the Khumbu Icefall sliding around the corner here and heading south toward the Ganges Plain in ...

May 4—They slipped out of camp silently in the darkness, like the juniper smoke that drifts skyward from nearby burning altars, disappearing into the Khumbu Icefall for what we think will be the ...

A handout picture provided by Nepali climber Phurba Tenjing Sherpa shows climbers crossing a part of Khumbu icefall through the ladder. Credit: PHURBA TENJING SHERPA / HANDOUT ...

In addition to assisting in the Khumbu Icefall, drone technology will benefit the other 8,000-meter peaks, including K2 and the deadly Annapurna. Annapurna has proved especially dangerous between ...