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A Hong Kong climber is believed to have made the fastest ascent of the world’s highest peak by a woman and given the city reason to look beyond the gloom of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Photos of people lining up to reach the world’s highest peak illustrate a disaster waiting to happen and, with 11 dead so far, safety measures must be taken
- Authorities implemented the rule in response to a smelly, unsightly situation, as the extreme cold of Everest prevents faeces from fully degrading
- At lower altitudes, climbers typically dig holes to dispose of waste. But at higher elevations, with limited snow cover, climbers often relieve themselves in the open
Mohamed Sadik Abdul Kadir was struck down with acute mountain sickness while attempting to conquer the 6,476-metre Mera Peak.
The hikers, aged 65-79, likely lost their way along the route leading to and from the 1,896-metre peak in Nasu, police say.
The alpinist says the brand’s ‘extreme’ watches match his values as he becomes the latest elite sports star to wear the Swiss brand, along with Formula One’s Charles Leclerc, tennis champ Rafael Nadal and golfer Bubba Watson
Shinji Tamura slipped and fell from 5,380 metres up a mountain in Pakistan’s far northeast. Rescuers found some of his belongings, but ‘no trace’ of a body.
Record-setting mountaineer pushes back at suggestions her team could have done more to save Mohammad Hassan, after drone footage shows people climbing over stricken father of three on way up the mountain.
Darrel Phee, 28, had ‘normal’ vital signs throughout the days leading up to his summit push – then his oxygen levels dropped, his heart rate increased and his condition rapidly deteriorated.
Kristin Harila said she and her team did everything they could at the time for 27-year-old Mohammed Hassan, a sherpa from another team, after drone footage shared by other climbers on social media showed her and others on a narrow, harrowing passage, stepping over his body.
The duo finished their feat in 3 months and 1 day, saving the notoriously technical hike at K2 for the finale.
British climber Kenton Cool, who holds the record for the most ascents of Everest by anyone born outside Nepal, says some operators are putting profits ahead of safety.
A woman found unconscious on Mount Everest is under fire for refusing to pay a rescue fee or thank the two climbers who gave up their summit dream to risk their lives saving her.
In an Instagram post, Ravichandran Tharumalingam thanked his rescue insurance and partner organisations, but omitted Gelje Sherpa’s name, who found him stuck in Everest’s infamous ‘death zone’.
Climbing Mount Everest has changed in the past 70 years. Expeditions take much less time, there have been thousands of successful ascents, and climbers today experience frequent traffic jams near the summit.
Local authorities are considering plans to limit the number of hikers for the coming climbing season.
Gelje Sherpa and another guide hauled the Malaysian man from below the summit – where temperatures can dip below minus 30 Celsius – back to Camp 3.
In an Instagram post, the wife of Shrinivas Sainis Dattatraya wrote a tribute to the 39-year-old climber who went missing after reaching the summit on May 19.
Vivian Ying Cai wowed by the beauty of being on top of the world, but questions the amount of help it took to get there.
Kami Rita Sherpa reached the summit of Mount Everest for a record 28th time on Tuesday, an official said, completing his second ascent in just a week.
Muhammad Hawari Hashim, who is deaf and mute, went missing between Camp IV and Camp III during his descent after a successful ascent on May 18.
Hari Budha Magar, a former Gurkha soldier in the British army who lost both his legs in Afghanistan, arrived at Everest on April 17 but had to wait until May 19 to reach the summit.
Eight climbers, including the Chinese and Indian nationals, have died on Mount Everest during the current season which started in March.
Climbers from China issued with 96 of the passes issued, US climbers get next most with 87. Overcrowding was blamed for 4 of the 11 deaths that happened in 2019.
Northern Ireland’s Noel Hanna, 56, had summited Everest 10 times and climbed the highest point on all seven continents.
Beatriz Flamini, an elite sportswoman and mountaineer, described her experience as ‘excellent, unbeatable’, adding that time had flown by.
Vivian Ying Cai plans to climb the highest mountain on each continent and reach the North and South Poles.
Trio were ferrying climbing gear for their clients were caught at an unspecified site between the Base Camp and Camp I on its lower parts.
In high-altitude Nepal, one Sherpa village has more Everest summiteers than anywhere else on Earth. Why?
