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Who Measures the Height of Mount Everest and How?
Nepal has spent US $1.3 million on the project, working with six global firms since 2017.
The Best Stuff We Wrote in India in 2019
A dystopian nightmare of a neighbourhood, the many stories of Kashmiris, the dead bodies surfacing on a melting Everest: here’s some of our best stories of how it all went down.
Everest Is Melting, Revealing Tons of Garbage and Human Bodies
Due to decades of commercial mountaineering and climate change, the worlds tallest mountain is becoming “the world’s highest garbage dump.”
Why Climbing Mt. Everest Gives People Weird Boners
We spoke to a mountaineer about the effect high altitude has on blood pressure... and dicks.
My Altitude Sickness Didn't Ruin the Pizza at Mount Everest's Basecamp
You never know what you’re going to get at the Nepalese teahouses along your trek.
What to Eat When You're Climbing Everest
"The thing about kerosene is, if you drink it you start burping and you get the runs. "
Saray Khumalo Takes on Everest
"I don't need a man to climb a mountain," says Khumalo, who hopes to become the first black African woman to summit the world's highest peak.
Motherboard's Year in Photos
The year's best Motherboard photos, from rickshaw robots to prosthetics for former yakuza.
The Man Who Wants to Make Artificial Glaciers to Save the Himalayans
Indian scientist Sonam Wangchuk created a method to make artificial glaciers.
Does Everest Have a Drug Problem?
Anecdotal evidence paints a picture of mountaineers doping their way to successful summits, sometimes with dangerous drugs. How serious and widespread is the actual problem?
Sherpa Describe Why They Returned to Everest after the Deadliest Season Ever
Some came back to the mountain out of love, others out of economic necessity.
Meet the Triathlete Who Broke Two Mountaineering World Records and Snapchatted Everest
Having climbed the Seven Summits and reached both poles for a record Explorers Grand Slam, Colin O’Brady has as many high-altitude expedition miles under his belt in the past six months as anyone on earth. We talked to him during his bid for Denali.