KATMANDU, Nepal – KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The 13-year-old American boy who became the youngest person to climb Mount Everest announced plans Thursday for an ascent later this year of Mount Cho Oyu, the ...

It is confirmed, Cho Oyu is open to foreign expeditions on the normal route in Tibet. But climbers will need to stick to some strict rules, leaving much of the sense of adventure behind in the name of ...

On 5 October the Mountain Kingdom Cho Oyu expedition returned to Kathmandu, unfortunately without having reached the 8201m summit of the Turquoise Goddess. Fabrizio Beozzi managed the first ski ...

At 8,188m, Cho Oyu is the sixth-highest mountain in the world. Located 20km west of Everest, it sits astride the border of Tibet and Nepal. We already wrote a brief climbing history of the mountain, ...

Adrian Ballinger and Emily Harrington training prior to climbing Cho Oyu in Tibet, at 8188m the sixth highest mountain in the world. Last season America’s Adrian Ballinger (40) and Emily Harrington ...

A Chinese expedition team comprising 18 members reached the summit of Mount Cho Oyu, also known as Mt. Qowowuyag, at 9:15 a.m. on Sunday to carry out scientific research on the world's sixth-highest ...

A little less than two weeks ago, North Face climber Emily Harrington and Eddie Bauer guide Adrian Ballinger, the CEO of Alpenglow Expeditions, set out on a mountaineering version of "The Amazing Race ...

Mike and Steve Marolt have decided the best way to prepare for skiing Mount Everest is by trying a little warm-up schuss on Cho Oyu, a neighboring 8,000-meter peak on the Nepal-Tibet border. The Aspen ...

Red, green and yellow Buddhist prayer flags sway gently during the puja ceremony on Cho Oyu, the world’s sixth highest mountain. It’s a light moment with a serious mission. John and Ryan Dahlem, a ...

After weeks of battling brutal windstorms, climbing ice cliffs and scaling vertical rock, John and Ryan Dahlem slowly make their way along the summit plateau. They can see the final summit ahead. But ...