A few years ago, I checked my phone to find a message from my aunt: "I'm trekking to Everest Base Camp. Are you in or out?" She had recently trekked to the base camp of K2, the second highest ...

Why you should swap overwhelmed Everest base camp for the near-spiritual beauty of K2 - Avoiding the crowds and ...

There’s something, however, about man’s need to conquer the big names, like K2 and Everest, akin to planting ... before the wilderness of the K2 base camp trek begins (Kate Eshelby) On our ...

But Mount Everest and its ... any climber will see on the trek, not-so-affectionately known as ‘Raven Dead’ because nothing lives there, we approached base camp. In high season, it’s jam ...

An eight-year-old boy has reached Mount Everest’s base camp after a nine-day trek. Last year, Frankie McMillan, from west Cumbria, climbed Greece’s Mount Olympus to become what is believed to ...

Scientists say the Khumbu glacier on which Everest base camp sits is melting and becoming unstable because of global warming Last June, Nepal's tourism ministry announced plans to move Everest ...

Trekking to Everest Base Camp trek EBC is one of the most famous and challenging experiences in the world Each year thousands of trekkers from all walks of life travel to the base of the world tallest ...

Panaji, It's impossible to even reach the Everest base camp, let alone summit the peak, without the guidance of the Sherpas, ...

AN ADVENTUROUS Musselburgh family are celebrating reaching base camp on Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world. Clare Burton, her husband Greg and their two children, Leo, 12, and Daisy, 11, ...