Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Earlier today, a huge serac collapsed in Everest's Khumbu Icefall. No one was injured, but the shifting ice destroyed some of the ...

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 ...

A chunk of ice suspended above the Khumbu Icefall near Base Camp on Mount Everest means it's not safe either for climbers or the specialist "icefall doctors" who typically clear away smaller ...

Dawa Jangbu Sherpa is one of 11 elite doctors who monitor the perilous slopes of Mount Everest. But he isn’t there to address medical emergencies — the mountain itself is his patient. He and a team of ...

The Khumbu Icefall is widely regarded as the most dangerous section of the standard South Col route to Qomolangma. Stretching roughly 600 meters between Base Camp and Camp I, the constantly shifting ...