Everest

<!-- -->Each climber on Everest generates around eight kilograms of wasteConquering Mount Everest is a lifetime dream for most climbers. Ever since Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay scaled the 8,848-metre summit on May 29,…

Big missions like Everest need preparation on three fronts: physical, mental and technicalThe Everest journey, lasting around 45 days, teaches valuable life lessons. It mirrors life's ups and downs, challenges, easy moments and…

<!-- -->Shrinivas Sainis Dattatraya reached the Mount Everest summit on May 19.Singapore: A search and rescue team was unable to locate a missing Indian-origin climber who reached the Mount Everest summit on May 19, despite its best…

HAIKOU, Hainan: Mountains - their height, their mass, their climates and ecosystems - have fascinated humans for thousands of years. But there is one that holds extra special meaning for many - Mount Everest, or Chomolungma as the Nepalese…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Vancouver doctor has died while trying to climb Mount Everest. The UBC Department of Anesthesiology released a…

KATHMANDU, Nepal - The first double above-the-knee amputee to climb Mount Everest returned from the mountain on Tuesday pledging to dedicate the rest of his life to helping people with disabilities. …

Expedition to atop Mt Everest is generally considered to be a herculean task, with authorities repeatedly asking climbers with even minor health issues to not try it. Permits are mandatory for every new person qualified to climb Mt…

Seven Summit Treks, a Nepal-based adventure travel operator, had organised Dattatraya's Everest ascent (AFP)At least 11 climbers have died so far this climbing season on Mount Everest, and at least two, including Dattatraya, are missingA…

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Veteran Sherpa guide Kami Rita has scaled Mount Everest for the 28th time Tuesday, beating his own record less than a week after setting it, as two guides compete with each other for the…

Two Nepali Sherpas are taking one-upmanship to an extreme on top of the world.Pasang Dawa Sherpa and Kami Rita Sherpa, decorated mountain guides and friends, have been scaling Mount Everest in rapid succession in recent days in pursuit of…