Three British Gurkha soldiers reached the summit of Mount Everest on Monday, two years after being caught in an avalanche on the mountain sparked by the earthquake that devastated swathes of Nepal. The climbers are the first to summit the world’s highest peak from the south side this spring season, as strong winds, fresh snowfall … Read more
Six Indian climbers reached the top of Mount Everest on Saturday, the first group to summit the world’s highest peak this season. The team reached the peak from the northern Tibet side of the mountain on Saturday morning, with the first climber summiting at 8:20 am (0020 GMT) and the rest of the group following … Read more
As other Everest hopefuls were trudging up to base camp in April, Singapore-based Brooks Entwistle was at home, planning his daughter’s 13th birthday party and preparing for his company’s annual general meeting. But at night he would climb into a hypoxic, or low oxygen, tent meant to mimic the thin air at high altitude. Now … Read more