The Axiom 4 mission, which includes Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, is set to conclude its 14-day stay at the ...

A Travel + Leisure A-List advisor shares how to plan, what to expect, and what to do after summiting Mount Kilimanjaro, ...

Increased rockfall and a snow surface where crampons can't bite in have increased the difficulty and danger on the early ...

A study by a Mount Royal University physiologist and his team demonstrates the key role of the kidneys in acclimatization to high altitude, and illustrates another way that Sherpas are better ...

The use of Xenon gas to expedite the acclimatization creates controversy on Mount Everest.

Four men court controversy with audacious plan to scale Everest in one week The use of xenon gas may help cut the usual trip from weeks to days. But not all members of the climbing community ...

Continuing to higher altitudes without proper acclimatization can lead to potentially serious, even life-threatening illnesses. Acclimatization The major cause of altitude illnesses is going too high ...

Four ex-military friends are planning to summit Everest without the usual lengthy acclimatization period, relying on inhalations of noble gas xenon to prepare them, despite warnings this method ...

Xenon Gas to Expedite Acclimatization and Climbing Time on Everest Acclimatizing traditionally consists of climbing mountains slowly, incrementally attaining higher and higher altitudes, then ...

Within five days, they were atop Mount Everest, the 29,000-foot peak where an ascent typically takes weeks of acclimatization and bursts of climbing punctuated by rest.

A Travel + Leisure A-List advisor shares how to plan, what to expect, and what to do after summiting Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s tallest mountain.

Four ex-military friends are planning to summit Everest without the usual lengthy acclimatization period, relying on inhalations of noble gas xenon to prepare them, despite warnings this method ...