New data identifies two key risk factors for high-altitude pulmonary edema, a leading cause of death on the mountain.

Performance evaluation of ILSS included rigorous tests, such as oxygen concentration, demand breathing, availability of 100 ...

Back in 2021, I wrote about the case of Daniel Granberg, a 24-year-old from Colorado who died at the summit of a Bolivian mountain called Illimani of what turned out to be high-altitude pulmonary ...

Portable altitude chambers (PACs), a piece of equipment ... as not every hiker would have registered their use of the equipment. A mountain hiker from Keelung, surnamed Tai (戴), had an oxygen ...

K Expeditions will fix the ropes from Camp 2 to the summit of Everest. Owner Lakpa Sherpa spoke to ExplorersWeb about the ...

The satellite has fully activated its solar panels and sensors and has successfully transmitted its first signal to ground stations, verifying its operational status ...

The approximately 200 personnel engaged in the relief and rescue operations included members of the army, ITBP, BRO, NDRF, SDRF, and district administration.

Out of all the treks in the Himalayas, the Sar Pass Trek is visually captivating to the eyes and is relatively easy for beginners. Located in the Parvati Valley of Himachal Pradesh, this trek ...

In 1970, they became the first group of women to reach the top of the Alaskan mountain — but the odds were against them ...

and oxygen levels thinned at an elevation of approximately 3,200 metres, the soldiers from the elite force trained in high-altitude operations pressed on, digging through deep snow to search and ...