カテゴリー: Mountains
Nepal’s head of tourism says variable weather on the mountain has led to one of the deadliest years on recordExperts say this is likely to be one of the deadliest years on record on Mount Everest, with variable weather caused by climate change being bl…
‘Strong climber’ Kami Rita Sherpa beats own record for number of ascents on world’s highest mountainA Nepali sherpa has scaled Mount Everest for a record 27th time, beating his own record, a government official and his hiking company said.Kami Rita She…
The construction of vast dams and a network of roads and railways have taken a heavy toll on the state of Uttarakhand, with buildings in Joshimath and other settlements collapsing and residents blaming government indifferenceBeneath the dark, jagged pe…
Kaliwa dam project in the Sierra Madre would be disastrous for main island’s storm defences as well as biodiversity, say conservationistsAs Super Typhoon Noru made landfall in the Philippines last month and people across the main island of Luzon braced…
Operator at North Island’s Mount Ruapehu lays off 130 people, with expert saying climate crisis at least partly to blame for poor snow seasonAn unseasonably warm and wet winter, brought on in part by climate change, has left one of New Zealand’s most p…
30 March 1922: Two British climbers return from the summit in ‘splendid condition’ despite losing all of their equipment and food on the mountainTokyo, 21 MarchMajor Orde-Lees, the parachute expert and Antarctic explorer, and Mr H Crisp, both of the Br…
India’s tiger corridor and Australia’s possum ‘tunnel of love’ are among the myriad infrastructure projects providing safe passageHow creating wildlife crossings can help reindeer, bears – and even crabsRead more in our series Biodiversity: what happen…
Two decades ago Richard Stiles escaped an avalanche in New Zealand, but friend Steve Robinson wasn’t so lucky. Now the mountain has given up some of its secretsWhen mountaineer Chris Hill found a backpack with an old camera in it on the Hooker Glacier …
Decision to allow expeditions to go ahead dealt blow after outbreak on world’s seventh highest mountainCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNepal’s decision to allow people to continue to climb its Himalayan peaks as a vicious Co…
Prevented from travelling abroad by the Covid pandemic, locals are instead visiting the magnificent glaciers of the Tian Shan mountain range near Kazakhstan’s biggest city, Almaty Continue reading…
Countries have settled on 8,848.86m – higher than either’s previous measurementsMount Everest is marginally higher than previously thought, according to a new joint Chinese-Nepali calculation that settles a long-running conflict over the height of the …
Competing teams have both completed trips to the summit but plans have been disrupted by the pandemicSome time in the near future – after a wait of a decade – the world will learn the new height of Mount Everest.China and Nepal have teamed up to measur…
The mountain’s closure is devastating for many in a Himalayan nation that relies heavily on trekkers and climbersCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe tiny airport at Lukla, perched on the edge of a mountain high in Nepal’s Hi…
Animal’s unique adaptation to low-oxygen life can be basis for protection, say researchersWolves living in the Himalayas are to be recognised as a subspecies of the grey wolf, with researchers predicting that the animals will soon be declared a unique …
An IPCC report says two-thirds of glaciers on the largest ice sheet after the Arctic and Antarctic are set to disappear in 80 yearsMany moons ago in Tibet, the Second Buddha transformed a fierce nyen (a malevolent mountain demon) into a neri (the holie…