altitude sickness

China has launched a bank to store more than 120,000 human genetic samples on the Tibetan plateau to support research on altitude sickness.

11:30 am on May 29, 1953 is an unforgettable moment in the history of the world when two climbers first set foot on Mount Everest.

At some point in the past, there was a family sitting on the roof of the world together, quietly looking up at the stars in the deep sky.

With harsh natural conditions, dangerous terrain and deadly altitudes, Mount Everest fully converges elements that threaten to rob the lives of any climber.