Why do people risk their lives climbing the Everest? I asked some of them in the ‘death zone’

Since tourism has opened up the experience of summiting the Everest, the promise of the achivement has proved hard to resist for many.

Jase Wilson, Dorina-Maria Buda and Elisa Burrai, The Conversation

· Jul 13, 2019 · 11:30 pm

In the Philippines, the premium placed on height is no tall tale

There is something troubling in the thought of people being made to aspire to heights that are literally beyond their reach.

Gideon Lasco, The Conversation

· Apr 11, 2017 · 09:30 pm

Meet the 23-year-old twin sisters from Haryana who have climbed the tallest mountains on every continent

Scroll Staff

· Jul 08, 2015 · 12:06 pm