Mount Everest
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‘We saved his life’: Nepali sherpa saves climber in rare rescue near Everest summit – video
A Malaysian climber narrowly survived after a Nepali sherpa guide hauled him down from below the summit of Mou…
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Nepali sherpa saves climber in rare Everest ‘death zone’ rescue
Gelje Sherpa was guiding Chinese client to summit when he saw Malaysian climber clinging to ropeA Malaysian cl…
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Climate change to blame for up to 17 deaths on Mount Everest, experts say
Nepal’s head of tourism says variable weather on the mountain has led to one of the deadliest years on recordE…
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Australian climber Jason Kennison dies on Mount Everest while returning from summit
Forty-year-old, who was raising money for Spinal Cord Injuries Australia, spent years recovering from a spinal…
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Nepali sherpa scales summit of Mount Everest for record 27th time
‘Strong climber’ Kami Rita Sherpa beats own record for number of ascents on world’s highest mountainA Nepali s…
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Veteran who lost both legs in Afghanistan plans Everest summit bid
Hari Budha Magar, a former Gurkha, hopes to be first ever double above-the-knee amputee to scale mountainA for…
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‘Top of the world’: Black climbing team makes history as first to scale Mount Everest
Seven members reached the summit with the hope of inspiring the next generation of Black outdoor enthusiastsTh…
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Nepali mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa scales Mount Everest for 26th time, beating own world record
Fifty-two-year-old used customary route up 8,850-metre mountain while leading 10 other climbersA Nepali sherpa…
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The Wall of Shadows review – climbing film overturns smiling Sherpa stereotype
Eliza Kubarska’s documentary follows the plight of the Nepalis expected to take huge risks to aid western leis…
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Mount Everest Covid outbreak has infected 100 people at base camp, says guide
Austrian expedition leader Lukas Furtenbach says the real number could be 200, despite official Nepali denials…
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Nepal reports 19 positive Covid tests at Dhaulagiri base camp
Decision to allow expeditions to go ahead dealt blow after outbreak on world’s seventh highest mountainCoronav…
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Everest Covid outbreak throws climbing season into doubt
Nepal authorities accused of underplaying seriousness of situation as daily cases soarCoronavirus – latest upd…
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Nepal bans three Indian climbers accused of faking Everest summit
Witnesses claim mountaineers appeared not to have sufficient oxygen to make ascent Three Indian climbers accus…
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Mount Everest: China and Nepal agree on new, taller height
Countries have settled on 8,848.86m – higher than either’s previous measurementsMount Everest is marginally hi…
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Ang Rita Sherpa, the first person to climb Mount Everest 10 times, dies at 72
Ang Rita made his ascents without the use of oxygen and was known in Nepal as the ‘snow leopard’ for his climb…