Mount Everest

Kami Rita Sherpa, a Nepali mountain guide, broke his own record by climbing the world’s tallest Mount Everest for the 25th time on Friday. “Sherpa reached the summit of Mount Everest at 6 PM local time...

Nepal has banned two Indian climbers and their team leader for six years from mountaineering in the country after an investigation found they had faked their 2016 climb up Mt Everest. Narender Singh Yadav and Seema...

Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA), while joining in the deliberations relating to the revised height of Mount Everest (at 8848.86 meter above the sea level), urges the Union government in New Delhi to officially recognize Indian...

The height of Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world, has changed. Nepal and China have jointly announced an increase in the height of ‘decimal 86 meters’ than before. When Chinese President Xi Jinping visited...

The revised new height of Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world, will be known today. Nepal and China will jointly announce this. Since the catastrophic 2015 earthquake in Himalayan Nepal, there has been controversy...

A Japanese climber who previously lost all but one of his fingers while climbing Mount Everest has died trying to reach the mountain’s summit. Nobukazu Kuriki, 35, was found dead in his tent by Sherpas on...

48-year-old Nepali mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa climbed Mount Everest for a 22nd time on Wednesday, creating a new record for the most summits of the world’s highest mountain, hiking officials said. Kami Rita Sherpa reached the...

The law had been revised to make mountaineering safer and to decrease deaths. A record number of climbers have tried to climb Everest this year. But among the record-breaking attempts, there has been the familiar tally...

News Hour: The Swiss climber Ueli Steck has been killed on Mount Everest, Nepal’s tourist office says. One of the most recognised faces in mountaineering Ueil Steck (40), also known as the ‘Swiss Machine’ died on...