Everest

Three Nepali climbers missing on Everest

A search was underway for three Nepali climbers who fell into a crevasse while ascending Everest on Wednesday, the first such accident on the world's highest mountain this climbing season.

This is what it takes to get a foreigner to Everest

Every year in the spring, hundreds of aspiring Everest climbers from all over the world arrive in Nepal, hoping to conquer the mountain.

Double amputee sets record in Everest summit

Everest's summit season gets off to a frantic start Monday with at least 30 climbers reaching the peak, including a Chinese double amputee and an Australian who set a new world record.

Indian police pair sacked for faking Everest climb

Two Indian police officers who falsely claimed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest last year have been sacked, authorities said Tuesday.

Briton Leslie Binns abandons Everest peak to save fellow climber

A British ex-serviceman abandons his Mount Everest climb some 500m from the summit to save a fellow mountaineer.

30 sick on Everest after 2 deaths

About 30 climbers suffer frostbite on Mount Everest after two others die, apparently from altitude sickness. Two Indian climbers are also reported missing in the mountain's so-called "death zone" near the summit.

Nepal Everest: Climber permits to be extended after quake

The authorities in Nepal are to extend for free permits for foreigners prevented from climbing Mount Everest by last year's earthquakes.

Carstensz Pyramid hardest of all: Wasfia

“Believe it or not Carstensz Pyramid is the hardest and the most arduous mountain of my life, even harder than Everest," Wasfia says after conquering the mountain.

Everest epic gets Venice film fest off on a high note

"Everest", an account of a 1996 disaster on the world's most famous mountain, got the 72nd Venice film under way on a high note.

April 12, 2023
April 12, 2023

Three Nepali climbers missing on Everest

A search was underway for three Nepali climbers who fell into a crevasse while ascending Everest on Wednesday, the first such accident on the world's highest mountain this climbing season.

April 6, 2019
April 6, 2019

This is what it takes to get a foreigner to Everest

Every year in the spring, hundreds of aspiring Everest climbers from all over the world arrive in Nepal, hoping to conquer the mountain.

May 15, 2018
May 15, 2018

Double amputee sets record in Everest summit

Everest's summit season gets off to a frantic start Monday with at least 30 climbers reaching the peak, including a Chinese double amputee and an Australian who set a new world record.

August 8, 2017
August 8, 2017

Indian police pair sacked for faking Everest climb

Two Indian police officers who falsely claimed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest last year have been sacked, authorities said Tuesday.

June 4, 2016
June 4, 2016

Briton Leslie Binns abandons Everest peak to save fellow climber

A British ex-serviceman abandons his Mount Everest climb some 500m from the summit to save a fellow mountaineer.

May 23, 2016
May 23, 2016

30 sick on Everest after 2 deaths

About 30 climbers suffer frostbite on Mount Everest after two others die, apparently from altitude sickness. Two Indian climbers are also reported missing in the mountain's so-called "death zone" near the summit.

March 1, 2016
March 1, 2016

Nepal Everest: Climber permits to be extended after quake

The authorities in Nepal are to extend for free permits for foreigners prevented from climbing Mount Everest by last year's earthquakes.

November 28, 2015
November 28, 2015

Carstensz Pyramid hardest of all: Wasfia

“Believe it or not Carstensz Pyramid is the hardest and the most arduous mountain of my life, even harder than Everest," Wasfia says after conquering the mountain.

September 2, 2015
September 2, 2015

Everest epic gets Venice film fest off on a high note

"Everest", an account of a 1996 disaster on the world's most famous mountain, got the 72nd Venice film under way on a high note.

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