A small crew out of the UK summited Everest in days with the help of xenon gas. Here's what xenon gas is, why it's used for climbing, and the risks of using it.

Their objection isn’t to xenon itself but to the idea of making Everest easier. That’s the same problem many runners have with Kipyegon’s sub-four-minute-mile attempt.

An unconventional trip up Mount Everest by British climbers has started a bit of a debate. The group managed to fly from London, summit Everest and return home in under a week by using xenon gas ...

Xenon is expensive, which has limited its use as an anesthetic and in athletics. But more people will probably shell out for the gas, given that the baseline cost of climbing Mount Everest is so ...

Climbers using xenon gas reached the summit of Everest in under five days but critics say the shortcut could lead to dangerous overcrowding and undermine the spirit of mountaineering.

The use of xenon gas by a group of British mountaineers before they began an expedition to climb the world's highest mountain in less than five days has raised questions about its effectiveness ...

British climbers recently reached the top of Mount Everest in record time. They inhaled xenon gas before the trip. But was that the decisive factor?

5 days to climb Everest Xenon is a colourless and odourless gas found in very small amounts in the Earth's atmosphere and is known to have some anaesthetic properties and medical uses, like helping to ...

Four British climbers ascended Mount Everest in under a week, aided by a controversial new treatment called xenon gas. NBC News' Camila Bernal explains the controversy as some critics say it is ...

Four British climbers, early this month, scaled Mount Everest and returned home, all within a week, thanks to a new and controversial method involving the inhalation of xenon gas.

Explained: How Xenon Gas Helped UK Veterans Climb Everest In Just 3 Days Some researchers say that inhaling xenon gas activates a molecule called hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF), which the body ...

A group of British men went from London to the summit of Everest and back in less than a week with the help of xenon gas. Mountaineers and the Nepalese government weren’t pleased.