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Climbers from Bangladesh and South Korea die on Mt. Everest
A climber from Bangladesh and another from South Korea have died on Mount Everest as hundreds flock to the world’s highest peak during good weather, Nepalese tourism officials said Tuesday. “Both men died while descending from the summit on Monday,” an official with the tourism ministry told AFP from Everest…
Saudi Arabian woman in historic Mount Everest climb
Raha Moharrak, who was among a party of 64 climbers, becomes first female from the country to scale the mountain A Saudi Arabian woman has become the first woman from her country to climb Mount Everest. Raha Moharrak was one of 64 climbers who scaled Mount Everest from Nepal’s side…
80-year-old Japanese man starts ascent of Mount Everest
An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer has begun his ascent of Mount Everest, his website said, in a bid to become the oldest man to reach the roof of the world. In a voice message recorded on his website, Yuichiro Miura said the expedition was setting off Thursday for a climb that…
Russian climber Alex Bolotov dies on Mount Everest
A 50-year-old Russian climber died Wednesday attempting to scale Mount Everest in this season’s fourth death on the world’s highest peak, a government official said. Alex Bolotov was found dead on Wednesday morning at Khumbu Icefall at 5,600 metres (18,372 feet), the official told AFP by telephone from Everest base…
American eyewitness describes ‘terrifying’ brawl on Mount Everest
A mountaineer on Everest described Monday the “terrifying” scene of two famous European climbers fighting with Nepalese guides in a high-altitude brawl that has sparked a police investigation. Ueli Steck, a Swiss national who holds climbing records, and Simone Moro of Italy, who has climbed Everest four times, were approaching…
Police probe fight on Mount Everest
Police near Mount Everest are investigating reports of a fight on the upper reaches of the world’s highest mountain between two foreign climbers and their Nepalese guides, officials said Sunday. “We were told our clients and the guides fought on their way to camp three. We don’t have all the…
Elite Nepalese Sherpa falls to his death on Everest
An elite Nepalese mountaineer responsible for setting up climbing routes on Mount Everest plunged to his death over the weekend, the first loss of the summit season, an official said Monday. Mingmar Sherpa, 47, was a member of a team known as the “icefall doctors” who maintain the routes up…
80-year-old Japanese man looks to climb Mt. Everest for the third time
A thrill-seeking Japanese octogenarian said Friday his third assault on Mount Everest will be the “ultimate anti-ageing” remedy, despite his recurring heart troubles. Yuichiro Miura is readying to begin his third ascent of the 8,848-metre- (29,028-foot) peak and recapture a record he previously held for being the oldest person to…
NASA photo error puts Mount Everest in India
The world’s highest mountain should not be hard to spot but American space agency NASA has admitted it mistook a summit in India for Mount Everest, which straddles the border of Nepal and China. The agency said on its website that Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko’s snap from the International Space…
Artists stage exhibit of trash found on Mount Everest
A group of artists is staging an exhibition of sculptures made from tonnes of trash collected on Mount Everest, highlighting the toll that decades of mountaineering have taken on the world’s highest peak. Discarded oxygen and cooking gas cylinders, ropes, tents, glasses, beer cans, plastic and even the remains of…
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