History is repeating itself in the world of controversial sports records.

Our Everest reporter explains the biggest stories from the 2025 season: fewer fatalities than in 2024, a narrow weather ...

Satisfied with their full outer shells, noble gases are typically monatomic, indifferent to their peers. Despite their ...

A group of British climbers have sparked a fierce debate after they reached the summit of Mount Everest in less than a week, ...

Reaching the top of the world and returning to London within a week without so much as stopping for a coffee in Kathmandu ...

Four British climbers made it from London to the peak in under five days after preparations that included inhaling xenon gas.

Kami Rita has been scaling the world's tallest mountain since 1994. He reaches the summit nearly every year—and sometimes ...

Using xenon gas treatment and new technology is making climbing Mount Everest faster and better for the environment by ...

And despite climate worries, such is the pull of Himalayan mountaineering that the Everest Industry showed no signs of ...

After a four-man team set an Everest speed record using xenon gas, we spoke with Lukas Furtenbach, owner of the company that led the controversial expedition.

The use of xenon gas by a group of British mountaineers before they began an expedition to climb the world's highest mountain ...