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At least 12 climbers successfully reached the top of the world’s fourth highest mountain this morning.
Gyanendra Shrestha, a liaison officer at the Everest base camp, told THT that at least seven members and five rope-fixing Sherpa climbers stood atop Mt Lhotse becoming the season’s first team to scale the 8,516-metre pe...
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Project Possible’ team made it to the summit of Mt Kanchenjunga in just 21 hours,” ex-Gurkha soldier Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja shared with The Himalayan Times while rescuing two climbers from the height of 8,400 m on Wednesday afternoon.
“The team has now been rescuing two climbers of Peak Promotion Pvt. Ltd on the descent off...
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South African woman among other climbers successfully climbed the world’s highest peak while the world climbers have continued their final summit pushes to the top of different mountains.
“South Africa’s Saray N’ Kusi Khumalo stood atop the roof of the world, becoming the first black African woman to successfully climb M...
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The widows of two Sherpa climbers, who died on Mt Everest, successfully stood atop the roof of the world, the expedition organiser said.
Furdiki Sherpa and Nima Doma Sherpa holding a banner atop Mt Everest. Photo Courtesy: Two Widows Expedition
“Furdiki Sherpa and Nima Doma Sherpa reached the summit point of Mt E...
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KATHMANDU: Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja, 35, a former member of UK Special Forces, climbed Mt Makalu on Friday morning. With the ascent, he has climbed six of the world’s highest mountains, above 8000 meters, in just over four weeks. It has set a new world record.
He also completed the first phase of his ambitious missi...
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A month-long cleaning campaign on the world’s highest mountain has concluded with the collection of over 10,000 kg garbage from the Mt Everest region.
Nepal Army personnel pile up sacks of garbage collected from the high camps of Mount Everest during the Everest Clean-up Campaign at Namche Bazaar, on Monday, May 27, ...
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It is no news that Africa offers some of the world’s best wildlife and cultural experiences. But how come people hardly talk about the superabundance of extremely beautiful trekking trails?
Each trail gives a distinct experience that is worth the hike. In no particular order, here are the top trekking destinati...
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K2 was climbed without supplementary oxygen today by Adrian Ballinger and Carla Perez. Shortly beforehand the summit of the second highest mountain in the world was reached by Nirmal Purja and his sherpa team climbing with O2.
Adrian Ballinger climbing K2. Photo by Esteban Mena
Just when the pre-monsoon season se...
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This article first appeared on http://explorersweb.com. The original can be read here.
Denis Urubko travelled to Pakistan this year to open a new route on Gasherbrum II. Originally, he hoped to climb with partner María Cardell, but she suffered a back injury during the trek up the Baltoro Glacier. Cardell tried to acclim...
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A blind climber has said he would like a guide dog that can join him on intrepid adventures scaling mountains and glaciers.
Jesse Dufton, 33, who lives in Loughborough, Leicestershire, is looking for a husky, rather than a labrador or retriever, to accompany him on expeditions to extreme environments.
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