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Indian sets dual ascent record on Everest, Lhotse

May 29, 2024, 09:01 AM - 2 min read

Indian mountaineer Satyadeep Gupta has made history by becoming the first person to scale Mt Everest and Mt Lhotse twice in one season and the first Indian to traverse the two peaks in 11 hours and 15 minutes.

Nepalese mountaineer and photojournalist Purnima Shrestha after scaling the Everest (L).

Nepal's Shrestha climbs Everest 3 times in 2 weeks

May 25, 2024, 04:14 PM - 2 min read

Purnima summited Everest on May 12, again on May 19 with Pasang Sherpa, and a third time on May 24.

Strong winds blow away mountaineers' tents at Base Camp 2 of Mt Everest

May 2, 2024, 10:13 AM - 2 min read

Strong winds blew away several tents of mountaineers at Camp II of Mt Everest on Wednesday. The incident temporarily halted the expedition of a 50-member mountaineers' group staying at the tents.

China reopens Everest to foreign climbers via Tibet

April 4, 2024, 10:39 AM - 2 min read

For the first time since the pandemic began, China is permitting foreign climbers to access Mount Everest via Tibet.

The team, comprising only women, gathers to pose for a photograph as they continue their trek to Mount Everest Base Camp.

All women's Nepali team raises climate change awareness at Mt Everest Base Camp

March 9, 2024, 09:09 PM - 2 min read

Organised by the Sath Sathai Foundation, an organization dedicated to advocating for climate change awareness and women's empowerment, the event featured a conference at the base camp.

Miss Nepal World Srichchha Pradhan. A Nepalese sherpa collecting garbage, left by climbers, at an altitude of 8,000 metres during the Everest clean-up expedition at Mount Everest in the year 2010.

30 Nepali women to scale Everest Base Camp on Int'l women's day

March 2, 2024, 04:06 PM - 2 min read

Beyond the trek, the team will also interact with villagers and local representatives along the route, engaging in discussions about the impact of climate change on their lives and livelihoods.

First Everest expedition turns 70, peak summited by 500 in 2023

December 29, 2023, 02:51 PM - 2 min read

Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first to summit the 'Sagarmatha' peak in 1953. Since then, thw world's tallest mountain has challenged the spirits of all those who have attempted to scale it.