Lukas Furtenbach explains why using Xenon to help climb Everest in a week is a new tool but is really no different than ...

The amateur mountaineers will pay over $150,000 per head to climb to the roof of the planet, given over to the promises of ...

Climbing techniques have evolved over centuries, often creating controversy and debate. The use of acclimatization methods to expedite expeditions lies at the c ...

Acclimatiztion Climbing high requires physiological adjustment. Humans were not designed to live at altitudes pushing 8,000 meters – the Death Zone. But our bod ...

Furtenbach charges $154,000 to climb Mt. Everest with him on Xenon gas. The gas itself costs $5,000 per person for a 30-minute session (Financial Times). While mountaineering does not fall under ...

In a trial featuring a mouse model of Alzheimer's, scientists found that inhaling a mixture containing xenon gas helped ...

Of the 335 people who have died on the slopes of Everest, around 15 per cent were killed by altitude sickness. But Mr Furtenbach believes that inhaling small amounts of xenon gas could dodge these ...

Everest could be scaled in less than a week, rather than the usual two months, and British pilot and former Gurkha officer, Garth Miller, is leading the first mission. Austrian guide, Lukas Furtenbach ...