Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's been almost 30 years since the 1996 storm on Mount Everest claimed the lives of eight people: guides Andrew Harris, Rob Hall, ...

More than 300 people have died climbing Mount Everest — the tallest peak in the world, located in the Himalayas near the China-Nepal border. On May 10, 1996, four different expeditions attempted to ...

This week marks thirty years since a blizzard on Mount Everest caused the death of eight climbers from three climbing parties: Rob Hall’s Adventure Consultants, Scott Fischer’s Mountain Madness, and ...

For many climbers, standing on the summit of Mount Everest feels like the finish line. But in May 1996, the real disaster began after the top was reached, when a blizzard swept across the Death Zone ...

In mid-May 1996, eight climbing guides, Sherpas, and their paying clients lost their lives on Mount Everest. A brutal storm contributed to the tragedy, as did the guides’ decision to continue to the ...