Safety & Advisories
In April a collapsing wall of ice sealed every route to Everest's summit near the spot that killed 16 Sherpa guides in 2014. Months later, a drone…
By Laxman Rawal · Jul 28, 2026
On April 24, 2026, Nepal's Department of Tourism made it official: the Khumbu Icefall, the shifting river of ice between Everest Base Camp and Camp 1, was impassable. A wall of ice roughly the height of a nine-storey building had formed across the only viable…
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What this means for you If you're trekking to Everest Base Camp rather than climbing beyond it, you never set foot in the Icefall yourself — it starts above Base Camp and is reserved for summit teams and their Sherpa crews. But the same standing…
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