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1921 Rendezvous: Mallory, Pumori and Everest

In July 1921, exploring the northern flanks of Mt Everest, the teacher, essayist and climber George Leigh Mallory came up from Tibet on the...

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...

Everest Trail reopens, but cautiously

Nepali hikers have returned to Khumbu, but Covid-free Sherpas do not want virus in their valley

More stranded tourists evacuated from Nepal

Five days after Nepal went into a nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, a bulk of the tourists stranded in the Mt Everest region are...

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