German mountaineer Jost Kobusch has terminated his ambitious project to climb the West Ridge of Everest alone, in winter and ...

Magnitude Earthquake Near Mount Everest A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake shook a remote region of Tibet and parts of Nepal at 9:05 a.m. local time Tuesda ...

Journey Continues on Mt. Everest Jost Kousch of Germany continues to immerse himself in the winter climbing season on Mt. Everest, which began with t ...

Jost Kobusch left for Camp 1 on the ramps leading to the West Ridge of Everest. How far does he plan to go? He's not saying.

Everest’s difficult Lho La Route – the West Ridge – Hornbein Couloir on Mt. Everest. Kobusch took the extreme Lho La up the ...

Everest’s difficult Lho La Route – the West Ridge – Hornbein Couloir on Mt. Everest. Kobusch took the extreme Lho La up the West Ridge as opposed to the more established Southeast Ridge ...

Jost Kobusch is safely back at the base of a lonely Mount Everest after besting the winter altitude record on the West Ridge.

His previous highest point was 7,366m in 2021-22. The German had hoped to get a good look at the Hornbein Couloir from 7,500m, but that will have to wait. According to his tracking device ...

Going forward, Montana must “carefully assess the greenhouse gas emissions and climate impacts of all future fossil fuel permits,” said Melissa Hornbein, an attorney with the Western Environmental Law ...

The Lho La West Ridge Route / Jost Kobusch The West Ridge gained fame in 1963 when an American expedition led by Willi Unsoeld and Tom Hornbein successfully climbed it alpine-style. Their ...