Mount Everest
High life in the death zone of the forgotten guardians of Everest
Sherpas have come a long way. A new book explores the tenuous link between their lives and livelihood
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Nepal mulls shifting Everest base camp due to risk of melting glacier
Several researches conducted from time to time have warned that the glaciers close to the Everest summit are thinning at an alarming rate
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Nepali Sherpa woman climbs Mt Everest for 10th time, breaks own record
A Nepali Sherpa broke her own record as the most successful female climber of Mount Everest by reaching the summit of the world's highest peak Thursday.
Nepali Sherpa breaks own record after scaling Mount Everest for 26th time
He also holds the record for most climbs over 8000 metres.
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Nepal issues first climbing permit for Mt. Everest for spring season
Nepal's Department of Tourism announced that it has issued the first climbing permit for Mt. Everest for this spring season.
Mt Everest base camp to have high speed Internet soon, says report
Private sector telecommunication company of Nepal, Ncell is building the world's highest cell phone tower at an altitude of 5,200 metres on Mt. Everest
Highest glacier on Mount Everest melting at alarming rate: Study
With estimated thinning rates of nearly two metre per year, glaciers on the Mount Everest such as South Col Glacier, has been thinning at an alarming rate
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Coronavirus pandemic fails to deter hundreds of climbers on Mount Everest
Hundreds are making the final push to the summit with only a few more days left in the season, saying they are undeterred by a coronavirus outbreak in base camp
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Over 100 Covid-19 cases on Everest despite Nepal denials: Guide
A coronavirus outbreak on Mount Everest has infected at least 100 climbers and support staff, an expert mountaineering guide said
China cancels Mount Everest climbs over fears of Covid-19 virus from Nepal
China has cancelled attempts to climb Mount Everest from its side of the world's highest peak because of fears of importing Covid-19 cases from neighbouring Nepal, state media reported
China to draw 'separation line' on peak of Mount Everest to curb Covid-19
China will draw a separation line atop Mount Everest to prevent the coronavirus from being spread by climbers ascending Nepal's side of the mountain, Chinese state media reported Monday.
Heights of nationalism
Book review of The World Beneath Their Feet: The British, the Americans and the Nazis and the Race to Summit the Himalayas
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Nepali climbers 1st to scale K2, world's 2nd highest mountain, in winter
K2 with its daunting 8,611 meters height is located in Gilgit-Baltistan side of the Karakoram range. It was the only among 8,000-meter high peaks that was never scaled in winter
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The politics and geography behind Mount Everest's new official height
The official height is now 8,848.86 metres, which is slightly less than a metre higher than the previous "official" figure
Mt Everest's joint measurement marks new milestone in Nepal ties: China
The world's highest peak is now taller by 86 centimetres, Nepal and China jointly announced on Tuesday after they remeasured Mt. Everest at 8,848.86 metres
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How tall is tallest peak? Historical row over Mt Everest height explained
The revised height of Mt Everest puts an end to the decades-long dispute between Nepal and China. All you need to know about the controversy
Mt Everest is now 86 cms taller: Nepal, China announce revised height
According to the measurement done in 1954 by Survey of India, the height of Mt Everest was 8,848 metres.
World Coronavirus Dispatch: 85,000 cases on Friday mark third surge in US
UK considers shorter self-isolation period, crude oil Oilon surge in cases, why 2020 is different for student loan payments, and other pandemic-related news across the globe
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Mount Everest summit success rates doubled over last 30 years, study finds
The researchers found that the overall death rate of around one per cent hasn't changed
The intellectual comfort blanket
Many professional Indian economists today, as well as others who know some economics, also now have such a blanket
