Mountains
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Mount Everest rescue under way after snowstorm traps nearly 1,000 people
Hundreds of trekkers stranded by blizzard on eastern face of mountain in Tibet already guided to safety by res…
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Japanese man becomes oldest person to reach Mount Fuji summit at 102
Kokichi Akuzawa climbed with 70-year-old daughter to break record for oldest person to make ascent – a second …
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‘If I had to choose, I’d prefer the earthquake’: the 2015 disaster left Nepal in ruins, now record rains wreak fresh havoc
Despite attempts to build resilience by improving infrastructure and first response, extreme weather events an…
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Student rescued from Mount Fuji twice in one week
Chinese national, 27, reportedly returned to Japan’s highest mountain days after first rescue to retrieve his …
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Climbers rescued after being stranded in Himalayas for three days
Fay Manners and Michelle Dvorak had been climbing Chaukhamba mountain when they issued an SOS on ThursdayA Bri…
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Mount Everest is having a growth spurt, say researchers
River erosion has pushed the mountain upwards and added an extra 15 to 50 metres over the past 89,000 yearsCli…
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Mount Fuji view to be blocked as tourists overcrowd popular photo spot
Fujikawaguchiko town official says choice to erect huge barrier is ‘regrettable’ and last resortA huge barrier…
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Mount Everest is too crowded and dirty, says last living member of Hillary team
Kanchha Sherpa, 91, says more respect should be shown to sacred peak that has been climbed thousands of times …
- Climate crisis, Environment, Extreme weather, Global development, India, Kashmir, Mountains, Snow, South and Central Asia, Travel, Water, World news
Kashmir’s ski resort waits for visitors after just one day of snow this winter
As tourists cancel trips to Gulmarg amid an unprecedentedly warm season, thousands of Kashmiris who rely on sn…
- Bhutan, Climate crisis, Climate science, Education, Environment, Glaciers, Mountaineering, Mountains, South and Central Asia, World news
Bhutan Mountain Man: video diaries from a lone glaciologist
Phuntsho Tshering is Bhutan’s glacier specialist and the only person authorised to climb the Himalayan country…
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Bhutan Mountain Man: video diaries from a lone glaciologist
Phuntsho Tshering is Bhutan’s glacier specialist and the only person authorised to climb the Himalayan country…
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‘Everyone has the same dream’: Mount Fuji grapples with rise in tourism
Millions visit Japan’s highest peak each year, creating pollution and putting pressure on medical centreThe hu…
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Norwegian mountaineer says her team tried to save porter who died on K2
Kristin Harila rejects allegations of neglect based on drone footage of climbers walking over prone man during…
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Record-breaking mountaineer denies climbing over dying sherpa on K2
Fellow climbers say video footage shows Kristin Harila’s team walking over body of frostbitten porter during r…
- Environment, Malaysia, Mount Everest, Mountaineering, Mountains, Nepal, South and Central Asia, World news
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…