The Latest Breaking News from Everest

Kathmandu (AFP) - The death of a US climber on Mount Everest, the fourth fatality this season, has shone a spotlight on the dangers of scaling the world's highest peak.

A record number of mountaineers expected on Mount Everest during the current spring climbing season has sparked fears of a traffic jam when teams make their final ascent through the "death zone" to the summit of the world’s tallest peak.

After being diagnosed, Sandi Gerschwitz's doctor recommended walking to help her condition. Now, the Queensland mum is taking on a 12-day, 125 km hike in Nepal.

Ciarán Conway (33) from Cranagh took to the Nepalese mountain range as part of a fundraiser for Multiple Sclerosis Northern Ireland.

Adventure film follows Max Stainton, who has cerebral palsy, as he battles expectations and great physical pain to reach the Everest base camp

Tributes to climbing ‘legend’ who scaled Mount Everest 10 times

Noel Hanna, a 10-time Everest summiteer from Dromara, Co Down, died at Camp IV after he returned from the Mount Annapurna summit point on Monday night

Kathmandu (AFP) - Gurkha veteran Hari Budha Magar grew up in the shadow of the Himalayas, but only after losing his legs did he resolve to make his childhood dream of scaling Everest a reality.

The tour saw the group of 28 face the physical and mental challenge of climbing to the camp over 15 days.

Three Nepali sherpa guides are missing on Mount Everest after an avalanche swept down and buried them in a crevasse on Wednesday, a Tourism Department official said.

Although a mountain could theoretically grow taller than Mount Everest, forces like gravity and erosion work against it.