Climbing season is here on the world’s highest peak, and there’s already controversy, new technology, and historic adventures ...

Mount Everest guides, hospitals, and tour operators exploited climbers through laced food, exaggerated symptoms, and staged emergencies, prompting unnecessary helicopter rescues and hospitalisations.

A former British serviceman who was paralysed in a road traffic crash is attempting to become the first person to reach ...

Mount Everest looms large in the minds of thrill-seekers (and vertigo-havers). It also looms large in Everest, a 2015 ...

Authorities say guides would fake emergencies to bill international insurance for helicopter rescues and treatment.

If you've ever dreamed of one day summiting Mt. Everest, the world's highest peak, you're going to want to make sure you know ...

Nepal's tourism faces a $20 million insurance fraud crisis after trekking guides allegedly poisoned tourists to stage fake ...

Investigators in Nepal have exposed a fake helicopter rescue racket where trekkers were airlifted without real medical need ...

Police estimate that over 300 fraudulent helicopter rescues were carried out, generating nearly $20 million in bogus ...

Everest guides allegedly spiked climbers' food with baking soda to fake medical emergencies, then cashed in on the helicopter ...

Thousands of climbers come to Nepal every year to scale the highest Himalayan mountains, while tens of thousands more also ...

Discover how a network of guides, pilots, and medical staff orchestrated a massive insurance scam on Mount Everest, impacting ...