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A former Royal Marine has reached the summit of Mount Everest after swimming, cycling and running more than 8,000 miles.
In his latest dispatch, our Everest reporter explains the crucial work done by rope-fixing teams. Plus, one climber’s global ...
If you want to climb the world’s tallest mountain, Nepal wants to see your résumé first. Turns out experience matters and for ...
A team of rope-fixing climbers successfully scaled Mt Everest from Nepal side after they opened a climbing route to the ...
The writer became an aid worker for Mount Everest climbers during the devastating disaster. A decade later, he explores how ...
Historically, men have dominated the public record in mountaineering. In the last few years, the 70th anniversary of the first summit of Everest in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay has ...
Nepal plans to restrict Everest expeditions to experienced climbers above 7,000 meters to reduce deaths and pollution.
Under new legislation currently making its way through Nepal's parliament, the Himalayan nation would only grant Everest ...
Under the proposed rules, climbers must show proof of scaling a 7,000-metre (22,965 ft) mountain in Nepal before applying for ...
In wake of tragedies on the world's highest mountain, Nepal has introduced a slew of measures to make Everest climbing season ...
A former Cambridgeshire marine has made history by completing the longest climb of the world’s highest mountain. Mitch ...
Turns out experience matters and for Nepal it looks like 7,000 meters. In a bold move aimed at improving safety and reducing the deadly traffic jams on Mount Everest, Nepal is drafting a new law ...