Tag: Mount Everest
Nepal climber scales Mount Everest for record 23rd time
A Nepalese Sherpa climber Kami Rita has scaled Mount Everest for a 23rd time, breaking his own record for the most successful ascents of the world's highest peak,...
Three killed in aircraft runway accident near Everest
A small plane veered off the runway and hit two helicopters while taking off near Mount Everest on Sunday, killing three people and injuring...
Climate change to cause Himalayan glaciers to melt at alarming rate,...
Formed in the shadow of Mount Everest, the turquoise depths of Nepal´s Imja glacial lake would be a breathtaking miracle of nature to behold...
Mount Everest, the high-altitude rubbish dump
KATHMANDU: Decades of commercial mountaineering have turned Mount Everest into the world's highest rubbish dump as an increasing number of big-spending climbers pay little...
Macedonian climber dies on Everest
KATHMANDU: A Macedonian climber died Sunday while making a final push for the summit of Mount Everest, the latest fatality of the current spring climbing...
Missing Sherpa guide on Everest presumed dead
KATHMANDU: A Sherpa guide who went missing four days ago on Everest is presumed dead, Nepali officials said Thursday, the first feared fatality of...
Nepali Sherpa summits Mount Everest for record 22nd time
KATHMANDU: A 48-year-old Nepali mountaineer climbed Mount Everest for a 22nd time on Wednesday, creating a new record for the most summits of the...
Australian climber sets new record for Everest summit
An Australian climber reached the top of Mount Everest Monday, becoming the fastest person to summit the highest mountain on each of the world's...
Nepali Sherpa aims to set new record for Everest summit
KATHMANDU: A Nepali Sherpa is hoping to summit Mount Everest for a record-breaking 22nd time next month, during the busy climbing season that each...
Australian paraplegic aims to be first to reach Everest unaided
KATHMANDU: A wheelchair-bound Australian is aiming to become the first paraplegic to reach Everest base camp unaided, a breathless trek he reckons he will...
9-year-old Pakistani girl scales 5,000m peak in Hunza
SHIMSAL: A nine-year-old Pakistani girl has become the youngest to scale the 5,765-metre-high Quz Sar Peak in Shimshal Valley, Hunza.
Hailing from the hilly city...
Samina Baig appointed UNDP goodwill ambassador
LAHORE: Samina Baig, the first Pakistani woman to climb Mount Everest, has been appointed as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) goodwill ambassador for Pakistan.
As...
Nepal survey to remeasure Mount Everest begins
Nepal has begun remeasuring Mount Everest to check if the height of the world's tallest peak was altered by a powerful earthquake that struck...
85-year-old dies on Everest during world record bid
KATHMANDU: An 85-year-old ex-Gurkha who was attempting to reclaim his title as the world’s oldest person to summit Mount Everest died at base camp on...
