Hundreds of Climbers Reach Everest Peak In May
Nearly 450 climbers reached the summit of Mount Everest from the Nepal side in May, officials said Monday, but poor ...
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China To Bar Foreign Climbers From Everest’s Tibet Side
China will bar foreigners from climbing the Tibetan side of Mount Everest during the coming autumn season after a Polish ...
Are Everest Ascents Too Easy To Fake?
Satyarup Siddhanta only discovered he was at the centre of an Everest fraud when he spotted news of a couple ...
Bodies of Indian Climbers Who Died On Everest Recovered
Rescuers have retrieved the body of an Indian climber who died on Mount Everest and airlifted it to Kathmandu on ...
Nepal Lets Everest Permit Dodger Off $22,000 Fine
Nepal said Friday a South African who tried to climb Mount Everest without a permit can go home without paying ...
Everest Rescuers Retrieve Bodies of Two Indian Climbers
Rescuers have retrieved the bodies of two Indian climbers who died on Mount Everest last year but whose remains could ...
Everest’s Hillary Step Intact, Say Nepali Climbers
The Hillary Step -- a rocky outcrop near the top of Mount Everest -- is still intact, Nepali climbers said ...
Four Climbers Found Dead On Everest
The bodies of four climbers were found inside a tent on Everest, an expedition organiser said Wednesday, taking the death ...
Spanish Climber Sets New Everest Record
Spanish mountaineer Kilian Jornet has set a record for the fastest ascent of Mount Everest without fixed ropes or supplementary ...
Indian Woman Sets New Everest Dual Ascent Record
An Indian has climbed Mount Everest twice in under a week in what may be a new woman’s record for ...
Three Climbers Die On Everest, One Missing
Three climbers died on Everest over the weekend and another is missing, officials confirmed Monday, in one of the deadliest ...
American Climber Dies On Everest, Indian Missing
An American climber died Sunday on his way to the summit of Mount Everest, expedition organisers said, the latest death ...
Indian Woman Tops Everest Twice In Week, Breaks Record
An Indian climber Sunday reached the summit of Mount Everest for the second time in less than a week, her ...
Everest Permit Dodger Says He Was Ready To Face Jail
A South African caught attempting to climb Mount Everest without an $11,000 permit said Thursday that he couldn't afford the ...
Three British Gurkhas Return To Everest, Make Summit
Three British Gurkha soldiers reached the summit of Mount Everest on Monday, two years after being caught in an avalanche ...
Six Indian Climbers Make First Everest Summit of Season
Six Indian climbers reached the top of Mount Everest on Saturday, the first group to summit the world's highest peak ...
Acclimatise In Bed, Climb Everest In Half the Time
As other Everest hopefuls were trudging up to base camp in April, Singapore-based Brooks Entwistle was at home, planning his ...
Nepal Fines Solo Everest Climber Without Permit $22,000
A South African attempting to climb Mount Everest alone and without a permit has been ordered off the mountain, had ...
85-Year-Old Everest Record Seeker Died of Altitude Sickness
An 85-year-old ex-Gurkha who was attempting to reclaim his title as the world's oldest person to summit Mount Everest died ...
85-Year-Old Dies On Everest During World Record Bid
An 85-year-old ex-Gurkha who was attempting to reclaim his title as the world's oldest person to summit Mount Everest died ...