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KATHMANDU, Nepal — A Swiss climber and an American have died on Mt. Everest in the season’s first casualties on the world’s highest mountain, expedition organizers Thursday. A Swiss climber, Abdul Waraich, 41, scaled the peak before having difficulties, said Chhang Dawa of the expedition organizer, Seven Summit Treks in Nepal. “Abdul successfully reached the summit but began experiencing issues during his descent,” he said. “We sent two additional Sherpas with oxygen and food. Unfortunately, the Sherpas couldn’t save him.” U.S. national Puwei Liu, 55, also died at the highes...

Can Pinturault finally seal the deal? At 29 years old, Frenchman Alexi Pinturault has been recognized as the best four-event skier on the World Cup for the last half-dozen years. That he hasn’t won an overall title — or a title in his favorite discipline giant slalom — says a lot about the era in which he has skied. Ted Ligety thwarted his early attempts at a GS title, followed by Marcel Hirscher, who bogarted every title in sight until his retirement two years ago.  (For more insight on that, be sure to catch the coverage on the networks of NBC this weekend and through the end of th...

How Hard Is It To Climb Mount Everest Nepal abounds with unique natural phenomena such as winding rivers, enchanting mountain ranges, valleys, and plains. Despite being small in size, Nepal is rich in ethnic culture and is unique in diverse weather. Due to these natural phenomena, Nepal has developed as a tourism hotspot in the world. The tallest mountain in the world Mount Everest (8848.86 m) lies in Nepal. Therefore many adventurers around the globe visit Nepal for climbing Mount Everest for Mount Everest Expedition. Now the question rises How Hard is it to Climb Mount Everest? Mount Evere...

I was up there with our guide, and he looked at me and was like, hey, we're both really low on oxygen, we got to go. immediately got back in the cue to get down. as i mentioned, very quickly got stuck at the top of the hillary step, and from there, it just felt like five or six hours was just sort of, not to be dramatic, but like a race for my life. >> and ian was very fortunate because a sherpa who was part of his group came back with another bottle of oxygen, but others that he met on the mountain sadly did die. now, the nepalese government is saying they are considering changing the require...

They're lethargic. some of them are running out of oxygen. they have no way to know how long they're going to be stuck there. >> correct. now you're depending on the expedition leaders to help coordinate that to see how they are. but essentially you're on one line. so if somebody is feeling unwell on the line, they have to come back. but there might be a whole line of people behind them, and then they have to clip and unclip, which is hard to do when you're on a knife edge or you're on hillary step. it gets very complicated. >> it's both fascinating and terrifying. just ahead, we're going to h...