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First Scotch on the summit of Everest

The journey of a bottle of Royal Salute Coronation Edition being auctioned in London for charity

Lisa Choegyal

First Native American on world’s tallest peak

Cheyenne River Sioux tribe member combines medicine with mountaineering to empower indigenous communities

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

“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

On-screen mountains

For those who have never climbed a mountain before, it may be difficult to understand the allure. After all, mountaineering is the...

Sahina Shrestha

The Kosi’s sorrow, and scope

Exploring Nepal’s largest river during a destructive monsoon

Why are Sherpas always happy?

For decades, foreigners have noted and celebrated the good-natured cheerfulness of Nepal's Sherpas.  One western climber, in a preface to Tenzing Norgay's autobiography,...

Tom Robertson

Overcoming Mt Everest and Covid-19

For 39-year-old Jangbu Sherpa, 2021 was supposed to be like every other climbing season for the past two decades. He would train...

Overcoming Mt Everest and Covid-19

For 39-year-old Jangbu Sherpa, 2021 was supposed to be like every other climbing season for the past two decades. He would train...

Peak season on Everest during Nepal's Covid peak

With a ferocious second Covid-19 wave raging and a closing weather window lapping at their feet, expeditions on Mt Everest this spring...

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