KATMANDU, Nepal —An avalanche killed five Poles climbing Mt. Everest and seriously injured a sixth mountaineer, who was stranded on the 29,028-foot peak Sunday as heavy snow hampered rescue efforts, the Ministry of Tourism reported. The six climbers belonged to a 19-member, Polish-led expedi...
David Sharpwas attempting to summit Everest on his own, a feat which even the most advanced climbers would warn against. He had stopped to rest in Green Boots’ cave, as so many had done before him. Over the course of several hours, he froze to death, his body stuck in a huddled pos...
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The problem of waste, litter and pollution on Mt Everest has been growing for years. Many people leave camping equipment on the slopes. Thousands of discarded cans of oxygen litter the mountain. An environmental organiza...
"Mt. Everest is not a joke and in fact, quite a serious climb," said Rajan Dwivedi in apost on Instagram. Dwivedi showed video from May 20 where he was waiting in a single climbing lane with dozens of climbers all trying to make the summit. ...
Ncell, a branch company of Swedish phone giant TeliaSonera, said on Thursday it had set up a high-speed third-generation (3G) phone base station at an altitude of 5,200 metres in the Everest region.“Today we made the world’s highest video call from Mount Everest base camp successfully...
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Nine climbers died on Everest in May last year, making the season the deadliest since a 2015 earthquake that killed at least 18 people at the base camp. A photograph of climbers waiting their turn to go up and descend from the...
Over the course of his 30-year career, Luis summited 10 8,000-meter peaks (some multiple times), skied down seven, and climbed six alongside his wife. He only used supplemental oxygen when guiding clients on Mt. Everest. READ HERE ...
Climbers at the top of Mount Everest the world’s highest peak will now be able to make video calls and surf the Internet on their mobile phones a Nepalese (尼泊尔的) telecom group claims. Ncell a branch company of Swedish ph