Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On October 19, 1954, climbers topped out on Cho Oyu for the first time. A small Austrian party summited via the Northwest Ridge ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marek Holecek of Czechia is back in Nepal with a typically ambitious new goal: a new route on the Southeast Face of Cho Oyu. As in ...

In an Instagram story posted last week by Nepali mountaineer Gelje Sherpa, the camera follows his teammate Gesman Tamang as he struggles to walk through a thigh-deep snow field somewhere on the lower ...

KATMANDU, Nepal – KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The 13-year-old American boy who became the youngest person to climb Mount Everest announced plans Thursday for an ascent later this year of Mount Cho Oyu, the ...

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Phoning back to Aspen after another ski descent from the death zone, Mike Marolt was succinct with his remarks.”Everybody’s slammed, tired and dehydrated,” he uttered, “but we’re working on all that, ...

On 5 October 2016 Russia’s Valery Rozov leapt from a record-breaking altitude of 7700m off Cho Oyu, the sixth highest mountain in the world. Famous Russian base jumper and mountaineer Valery Rozov has ...

Red, green and yellow Buddhist prayer flags sway gently during the puja ceremony on Cho Oyu, the world’s sixth highest mountain. It’s a light moment with a serious mission. John and Ryan Dahlem, a ...

After weeks of battling brutal windstorms, climbing ice cliffs and scaling vertical rock, John and Ryan Dahlem slowly make their way along the summit plateau. They can see the final summit ahead. But ...

I've been amused to read the news and comments regarding Marat Safin's decision to skip the next few weeks of tennis, including Russia's Davis Cup semifinal against Germany this weekend. Instead, he ...