On Mt Everest’s 70th, records and fatalities
Peak season on the world’s highest peak is drawing to a close, 70 years after the first ascent
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“Without Sherpas, there is no mountaineering”
Kami Rita Sherpa scaled Mt Everest for the 27th time last week, but says younger Sherpas no longer want to be guides
“If the ice is gone, we are done”
Climbing Mt Everest at 8,848.86m is on many people’s bucket list. Even just reaching Base Camp in northeastern Nepal, at 5,364m, is...
“I can do it 25 times”
Kami Rita Sherpa (pictured above) broke the previous record by climbing Mt Everest for the 22nd time this week.“The country needs the...
New records, oxygen failure on Everest
It is that time of the year again when all eyes are on top of the world, with mountaineers and Sherpa guides...
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