“Up and down lost meaning. I could not tell if I was tumbling forward or backward. Instinct took over.” ...

I survived because of geography and seconds. I was in a gully that absorbed some of the lateral force. The debris settled ...

A few chocolates found in his pocket and an avalanche may have been what saved Dawa Sherpa from almost certain death on Mount ...

Helicopters airlifted injured climbers off Mount Everest Sunday after an avalanche killed at least 18 people, an AFP team at the scene reported, even as a powerful aftershock hit the world’s highest ...

The rescuers moved quickly, just minutes after the first block of ice tore loose from Mount Everest and started an avalanche that roared down the mountain, ripping through teams of guides hauling gear ...

Survivors of Mount Everest’s deadliest avalanche recalled scenes of panic and chaos, describing Sunday how they dug through snow with their hands and ice axes in hopes of finding their friends alive.

AFP Nepal bureau chief Ammu Kannampilly was at Everest base camp on Saturday when an avalanche cascaded down the mountain, flattening everything in its path. Eighteen people are so far known to have ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — A massive ice block on the route just above the Mount Everest base camp has forced hundreds of climbers and their local guides to delay their attempt to scale the world's highest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I never expected to find myself on Mount Everest. For seven years before that climb, I was the primary caregiver for my mother as ...