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Who first reached Everest’s summit? This boot may help rewrite history
Did Andrew ‘Sandy’ Irvine reach the world’s highest peak before Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay? This discovery could be a vital clue.
12 Oct 2024 - 6:28AM
At just 18, he’s already climbed all the highest peaks on Earth
9 Oct 2024 - 2:22PM
Clearing Mount Everest’s highest camp of frozen garbage to take years
7 Jul 2024 - 4:05PM
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Peak insanity? Another deadly pre-monsoon climbing season on Everest
The death toll of Everest climbers continues to mount, with overcrowding near the summit of the world’s highest peak a contributory factor. Why are so many so eager to reach the top?
30 May 2024 - 7:45AM
Indian climber dies after Everest bid, eighth death this season
Banshi Lal, 46, was plucked from the mountain last week and taken to a hospital in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu.
28 May 2024 - 8:00PM
‘Courageous’ Nepali smashes women’s record for fastest Everest ascent by 11 hours
Climbers usually take days to reach the top of the 8,849-metre mountain, but Phunjo Lama conquered the world’s highest peak in 14 hours and 31 minutes.
23 May 2024 - 6:30PM
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Kenyan climber dies on Everest, guide missing as seasonal fatalities rise
Joshua Cheruiyot Kirui’s body was spotted between the summit and the Hillary Step, while a search team deployed to locate guide Nawang Sherpa.
23 May 2024 - 1:51PM
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Nepal’s ‘Everest man’ reaches peak for record 30th time
Kami Rita Sherpa, 54, first scaled Everest in 1994 when working for a commercial expedition. He has since climbed the mountain almost every year.
23 May 2024 - 1:18AM
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Everest is a dirty, trash-strewn mess. Is it too late for Nepal to fix it?
Thousands of tonnes of waste have been left on the world’s highest mountain over the years. Some working on the clean-up say the only way to stop more piling up is putting curbs on expeditions.
19 May 2024 - 6:15PM
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Nepal’s ‘Everest Man’ notches record 29th summit of world’s highest mountain
Kami Rita Sherpa first reached the top of Mount Everest in 1994. Since then he has climbed the 8,849-metre peak almost every year, guiding clients.
13 May 2024 - 8:24PM
How the selfie crowd, unused to high-altitude trekking, are ruining Everest
As more trekkers and climbers are drawn to Mount Everest and Nepal’s other Himalayan peaks, trails and slopes are becoming overcrowded and debris-strewn.
29 May 2024 - 2:53PM
‘Nothing is impossible’: 5-year-old is youngest Singaporean to reach Everest camp
Abyan Imtiaz Irkiz, 5, has become the youngest Singaporean to reach the Mount Everest base camp, completing the feat with his father, Zikri Ali, on Monday.
3 May 2024 - 4:44PM
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‘Our mountains have begun to stink’: Everest climbers must now buy poop bags
Authorities implemented the rule in response to a smelly, unsightly situation, as the extreme cold of Everest prevents faeces from fully degrading.
9 Feb 2024 - 12:00AM
On the roof of the world, a Chinese team tests extremes of environmental science
Researchers summit Cho Oyu, one of the planet’s highest mountains to monitor high-altitude changes and their effects on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
1 Oct 2023 - 2:21PM
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Mountaineer's mission: Restoring the majestic beauty of K2
15 Aug 2023 - 9:32PM
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‘Death threats’ as record-breaking climber denies stepping over dying sherpa to reach top
Kristin Harila said she and her team did everything they could at the time for 27-year-old Mohammed Hassan, a sherpa from another team, after drone footage shared by other climbers on social media showed her and others on a narrow, harrowing passage, stepping over his body.
11 Aug 2023 - 11:58PM
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Record-holding Everest climber blames Nepal firms for deaths, urges inquiry
British climber Kenton Cool, who holds the record for the most ascents of Everest by anyone born outside Nepal, says some operators are putting profits ahead of safety.
16 Jul 2023 - 7:18PM
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How deep is the snow on Mount Everest? A Chinese team has new answers
The results could help understand the effects of climate change at extremely high elevations, researchers say.
10 Jul 2023 - 1:46PM
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Chinese woman refuses to pay US$10,000 fee after Everest rescue, angering public
A woman found unconscious on Mount Everest is under fire for refusing to pay a rescue fee or thank the two climbers who gave up their summit dream to risk their lives saving her.
10 Jun 2023 - 9:21AM
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Malaysian climber slammed for not thanking Sherpa who rescued him from Everest
In an Instagram post, Ravichandran Tharumalingam thanked his rescue insurance and partner organisations, but omitted Gelje Sherpa’s name, who found him stuck in Everest’s infamous ‘death zone’.
4 Feb 2024 - 2:49PM
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High-end tourism: how climbing Mount Everest has changed over 70 years
Climbing Mount Everest has changed in the past 70 years. Expeditions take much less time, there have been thousands of successful ascents, and climbers today experience frequent traffic jams near the summit.
3 Jun 2023 - 4:15PM
Sherpa saves climber in rare Everest 'death zone' rescue
5 Jun 2023 - 3:34PM
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Nepali Sherpa saves Malaysian climber in rare Everest ‘death zone’ rescue
Gelje Sherpa and another guide hauled the Malaysian man from below the summit – where temperatures can dip below minus 30 Celsius – back to Camp 3.
2 Jun 2023 - 5:09PM
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Everest challenges mount 70 years after Hillary and Norgay reached the top
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first to scale Earth’s highest point, on May 29, 1953. As mountaineering has become more commercial, there are big issues including novices putting lives at risk, overcrowding and environmental degradation.
29 May 2023 - 3:25PM
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‘Despite best efforts’ crews can’t find missing Singapore man on Everest: wife
In an Instagram post, the wife of Shrinivas Sainis Dattatraya wrote a tribute to the 39-year-old climber who went missing after reaching the summit on May 19.
28 May 2023 - 1:26PM
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Hongkonger questions if highs and lows of conquering Everest was all worth it
Vivian Ying Cai wowed by the beauty of being on top of the world, but questions the amount of help it took to get there.
27 May 2023 - 12:30PM
Gurkha veteran is first double amputee to climb Mount Everest
24 May 2023 - 1:01PM
Nepal’s Kami Rita Sherpa scales Everest for record 28th time; death toll at 11
Kami Rita Sherpa reached the summit of Mount Everest for a record 28th time on Tuesday, an official said, completing his second ascent in just a week.
23 May 2023 - 1:57PM
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9 September, 2024
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