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    US climber becomes 11th Everest fatality

    28 May 2019

    A US climber has died after descending from Everest, officials said on Tuesday, taking this season’s toll to 11 including several deaths blamed on overcrowding on the world’s highest mountain.

    Three Indian climbers die on crowded slopes of Mount Everest

    24 May 2019

    More than 120 climbers scaled Everest on Thursday, but some of them were caught in the crowd of people on the slopes, leading to exhaustion, dehydration and death, the officials said.

    Himalayan glaciers melting far faster this century: Study

    20 Jun 2019

    Himalayan glaciers have been melting twice as fast since the start of this century, underscoring the threat the climate crisis poses to water supplies for hundreds of millions of people across Asia,

    Afghan female mountaineer plans next summit to show the world what they can do

    30 Sep 2020

    Afghan mountaineers, including three women, are hoping to climb Afghanistan's Mir Samir Mountain and after that travel to Nepal to summit the world's highest peak, Mount Everest.

    Singer Mike Posner to celebrate Everest expedition by raising funds for Detroit Justice

    05 Apr 2021

    The singer has announced that he will attempt to climb Mount Everest to raise funds for a non-profit justice reform charity in honour of his late father.

    UAE Armed Forces' mountaineers scale Mount Himlung Himal in Nepal

    19 Oct 2019

    The team of 16 Emiratis from the UAE Armed Forces in true team spirit projected three of its members to the summit on the morning of Oct.15, in conditions that could only be described as extremely perilous.

    Nepali climber claims new record for 14 highest peaks

    29 Oct 2019

    Nirmal Purja, a former member of the Gurkhas — a brigade of Nepalis in British army famous for their fearlessness — as well as the elite Special Boat Service, kicked off "Project Possible" in April.

    Nepal refuses Mount Everest clean-up amid pandemic calm

    12 Apr 2020

    Authorities last month suspended permits for all mountain expeditions over the coronavirus outbreak, forcing the Nepal army to cancel an ambitious clean-up on six mountains including Everest.

    China to draw a 'separation line' on Everest peak

    10 May 2021

    A team of Tibetan mountaineering guides will set up the separation line at the peak before climbers attempt to reach the summit from the Chinese side, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
    It was not clear what the separation line would be made of.

    Asia’s first blind mountaineer eyes ‘grand slam’

    31 May 2021

    Chinese climber who became the first blind Asian to scale Mount Everest said he aims to climb the highest peaks on all seven continents and then travel to the North and South Poles.

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