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Could cooling the brain reduce the risk of altitude sickness? Scientists are beginning to explore the idea.
A memoir of the author’s childhood spent climbing with her father, a much-travelled oil reservoir engineer.
The climb to Everest Base Camp is often marketed as an adventure for anyone. But as the autumn season approaches, being prepared and knowing your limits is vital.
A century after the disappearance of explorer George Mallory, his photos and diary offer a valuable baseline for investigating impacts of tourism and climate change on the Tibet side of Everest.
Despite the extraordinary feats of Tabei and many other adventurous women, sexism and misogyny in mountaineering have persisted for decades.
Mountain tourism brings revenues to Nepal but leaves a mess behind. Local and international groups are offering new cleanup strategies.
Photography and rock-climbing have always shared a close relationship.
Since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay conquered Everest/Chomolungma in 1953, commercial mass mountaineering has put unsustainable pressure on unique environments and communities.
This year is shaping up to be one of the deadliest on record. Here are some of the challenges climbers face when attempting to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
The mountain climbing industry has transformed the lives of the Sherpas – both for good and bad. A new book focuses on their lives and deeds.
A new book explores physical culture in a social and historical context, focusing on colonial settings.
Before reaching summits became part of the new ‘sublime’ in the late 18th century, people didn’t climb mountains.
The man who explained the greenhouse effect was accidentally killed by his wife.
The rise in adventure tourism is prompting a close examination of how to regulate it. But how to regulate risk without killing the adventure?
The 2019 season has been one of Mount Everest’s deadliest for climbers.
Overcrowding and inexperience is proving a dangerous combination on the world’s highest peaks. Is it time to introduce controls on who can climb them?
The answer to life, the universe and everything is not 42, but 282.
A new exhibition captures the moment when Germany started to rebuild her national pride, in the Himalayan mountains.
While acclimatising is more important, here’s the training you should undertake to go mountain-climbing.
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Adjunct Professor of Earth Science, University of Silesia in Katowice
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Senior Research Fellow in History, University of Lancashire
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Associate Professor in Tourism and Geography, Hainan University
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Director - Research Institute for Sport and Exercise, University of Canberra
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Faculty Research Scientist, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Tourism, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Harold T. Stearns Professor of Earth Science, Wesleyan University
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