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China has cancelled permits for Mount Everest because of the coronavirus, expedition organisers said Thursday, ahead of the spring climbing season on the world’s...
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Incessant snowfall and avalanches have forced teams to abandon their bid to achieve the first winter ascent of Everest in more than quarter of...
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A team of four Sherpas is setting off on Monday to attempt a record winter ascent of Mount Everest in just five days, which...
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Rescuers in Japan are searching for a man who appears to have fallen down part of Mount Fuji as he was live-streaming his climb...
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Such was the determination of Nepali climber Nirmal Purja to climb the world’s 14 highest mountains, that he had them tattooed across his back,...
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A Nepali mountaineer on Tuesday smashed the speed record for summiting the world’s 14 highest peaks, racing up all “8000ers” in just six months...
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A group of tourists sip water at a five-star hotel in Kathmandu, unaware that the green glasses in their hands were once bottles discarded...
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For pioneering Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja, on track to finish climbing the world’s 14 highest mountains in a record seven months, reaching the summit...
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Nepali adventurer Nirmal Purja is on track to make history after Chinese authorities granted him a special permit Tuesday to climb the final mountain...
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A hanging chunk of ice the size of an apartment block has forced Polish daredevil Andrzej Bargiel to abandon his bid to ski down...