Mountaineers are waiting for the serac above the Khumbu icefall to melt before marking the rest of the route for the spring climbing season.
The Seattle Times: The elite ‘icefall doctors’ who care for Mount Everest
A huge, unstable chunk of glacier is blocking the route up Mount Everest from Base Camp in Nepal just as peak climbing season gets under way in the Himalayas. "Icefall doctors" w ...
Officials hope that helicopters, additional manpower, and coordination between outfitters and the Icefall Doctors can allow climbers to get on the mountain ...
The Himalayan Times: All eyes on Khumbu Icefall as joint team moves to clear Everest route
The Expedition Operators Association of Nepal (EOAN) and the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC) have agreed to deploy a joint team of around 20 people, including icefall doctors and Sherpa ...
All eyes on Khumbu Icefall as joint team moves to clear Everest route
A 100-foot unstable ice serac in the Khumbu Icefall has delayed the opening of Mount Everest's main climbing route from Nepal, stranding over 400 climbers at Base Camp. Safety teams, known as icefall ...
Glacial ice has sealed the gateway to Everest’s summit, keeping hundreds of climbers from reaching the top. “Icefall doctors” are on the case.
A security report has been published on a set of 56 vulnerabilities that are collectively called Icefall and affect operational technology (OT) equipment used in various critical infrastructure ...
The Durango Herald: Fearing the Khumbu Icefall: On Everest, dangers are clear
NEW DELHI – On Everest, everybody knows the Khumbu Icefall is dangerous. They’ve known it for generations – since the first great Everest mountaineer, George Mallory, turned away from the Icefall in ...