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Scientists explain Mount Everest’s anomalous growth

Kami Rita Sherpa first scaled Everest in 1994, and has climbed Everest almost every year since then, guiding clients.
Lifestyle

Nepal’s ‘Everest Man’ claims record 30th summit

A guide for more than two decades and known as the “Everest Man”, Kami Rita Sherpa, 53, first summited Everest in 1994 when he was working for a commercial expedition.
Lifestyle

Nepali climber reclaims Everest record with 28th summit

On average, around five climbers die on the 8,849-metre (29,032-feet) mountain every spring, but this year the toll has reached nearly double that little more than half way through the season.
Lifestyle

Everest toll reaches nine with two more deaths

Nepal is often criticised by some Western climbers for allowing anyone who can pay the US$11,000 fee for a permit to climb Everest – a charge the government denies.
Lifestyle

'Death zone' queues feared on Everest as Nepal grants record climbing permits

A recent comprehensive climate assessment for the Himalayan peak warned that two-thirds of the present mass of the glaciers in the region around Everest could disappear by the year 2100.
Lifestyle
Life & Culture

On a divided Mt Everest, climate cooperation is being tested

Coronavirus casts shadow over Everest
Lifestyle

Coronavirus casts shadow over Everest

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Because it is there

Two Sherpa climbers set new summit records on Everest
Lifestyle

Two Sherpa climbers set new summit records on Everest

Chinese double amputee to climb Everest after ban revoked
Lifestyle

Chinese double amputee to climb Everest after ban revoked

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