Base camp occupies a site on the gravel plain below the Rongbuk Glacier at approximately 17,000 feet. Tents are set up on the sandy gravel valley, which carves out a north-south swath in the high ...

Life reduced to the bare elements near the terminus of the Rongbuk glacier. Love of adventure and expression of the dauntless human spirit was less intelligible to the Rongbuk Lama than pilgrimage ...

The Jet Stream will soon subside over the Himalayas, allowing climbers to reach the summits of the highest mountains in the world.

A sock embroidered with "A.C. Irvine", along with a boot, was discovered on the Central Rongbuk Glacier below the North Face of Mount Everest by a team led by Jimmy Chin in September 2024. This is the ...

on the peak's Central Rongbuk Glacier. On closer inspection, they found a sock with "a red label that has A.C. IRVINE stitched into it", the magazine reported. The discovery could give further ...

Crossing into Tibet he meets his first yaks at the highest monastery in the world before heading up the Rongbuk glacier towards the summit of Everest.

A small team led by National Geographic Explorer, photographer, Academy Award winning director, and professional climber Jimmy Chin discovered a sock embroidered with ‘A.C. Irvine’, along with a boot, ...