An Indian has climbed Mount Everest twice in under a week in what may be a new woman’s record for the fastest double ascent. Anshu Jamsenpa, a 37-year-old mother-of-two, reached the summit on 16 and 21 May, tourism official Gyanendra Shrestha confirmed to BBC Nepali. The current Guinness record for a woman’s double ascent is … Read more
An American climber died Sunday on his way to the summit of Mount Everest, expedition organisers said, the latest death to mar the ongoing climbing season. The 50-year-old mountaineer died close to the Balcony, a small platform above the 8,000-metre mark considered the mountain’s “death zone”. “An American climber has died around the Balcony area. … Read more
The body of legendary Swiss climber Ueli Steck, who died on Mount Everest, will be cremated on Thursday at a Buddhist monastery that lies in the shadow of the world’s highest peak. Steck — one of the most feted mountaineers of his generation — became the first fatality of this year’s spring climbing season on … Read more
The Swiss climber Ueli Steck has been killed on Mount Everest, Nepal’s tourist office says. Steck, who was known as the “Swiss Machine”, died in an accident while acclimatising for an attempt on the mountain, without oxygen, by a new route. The 40-year-old had won multiple awards and was known for his rapid ascents. His … Read more
Swiss climber Ueli Steck, one of the most feted mountaineers of his generation and famed for his speed ascents of iconic Alpine routes, has died on Everest, officials said. “Today morning, he had an accident on the Nuptse wall and died. It seems he slipped,” Ang Tsering Sherpa, head of the Nepal Mountaineering Association, told … Read more
A Taiwanese trekker is recovering in hospital after rescuers found him and his dead girlfriend on a mountainside in Nepal where they were stranded for 47 days, with only water and salt after their food ran out. Liu Chen-chun, 18, died just three days before the rescue team located the couple in northwest Nepal, but … Read more
Rescuers on Wednesday found two Taiwanese trekkers who went missing in a remote mountainous part of Nepal seven weeks ago, but only one survived the ordeal. Liu Chen-chun, 19, died just three days before the rescue team located the couple in northwest Nepal, but her boyfriend managed to survive despite running out of food. Liang … Read more
Top British DJ Paul Oakenfold braved thinning air and freezing temperatures to host the ‘highest party on earth’ at Everest base camp on Tuesday, playing to around 100 climbers — all in full mountain gear. The 53-year-old artist, who trekked for ten days to reach base camp, mixed his beats on a makeshift stone stage … Read more