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From top to bottom line: Mt Everest closure means financial hit for Sherpas

By shutting down the passage through the south route of Everest, the Nepal government stands to lose some $4 million in permits alone

From top to bottom line: Mt Everest closure means financial hit for Sherpas
Updated On : 24 Mar 2020 | 3:00 PM IST

Everest skydiving: The $25,000 alternative to climbing the tallest mountain

A skydiving expedition culminates in two oxygen-supplemented jumps from the 'Roof of the World'

Everest skydiving: The $25,000 alternative to climbing the tallest mountain
Updated On : 06 Oct 2019 | 12:38 AM IST

Google honours mountaineer Junko Tabei with doodle on her 80th birthday

Google on Sunday honoured Junko Tabei, the first Japanese woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on her 80th birthday with a cool animated doodle.She is also the first woman to ascend all Seven Summits by climbing the highest peak on every continent.The doodle depicts a graph along with seven ice-capped mountains which symbolise all the "seven summits"--the highest peaks such as Everest, Aconcagua, Denali, Kilimanjaro, Vinson, Elbrus, Puncak Jaya, on each continent that was climbed by Tabei.Apart from the mountains, the doodle also shows a moving animated cartoon representing Tabei.Google in its notes stated that Tabei kept her passion and dream to scale new heights alive even while battling with peritoneal cancer in 2012.Born on September 22 in 1939, Tabei was raised in Miharu, a small town in Japan's Fukushima Prefecture. She explored the joy of climbing at the age of 10 during a class trip to Mount Nasu. Though she was the first woman to reach the summit of Mt. Everest, Tabei

Google honours mountaineer Junko Tabei with doodle on her 80th birthday
Updated On : 22 Sep 2019 | 9:36 AM IST
Updated On : 20 Jun 2019 | 3:56 PM IST

Death on Everest: The boom in climbing tourism is dangerous, unsustainable

The boom in commercial adventure sports means 'real' mountaineers are often outnumbered by tourists whose ambitions exceed their climbing skills

Death on Everest: The boom in climbing tourism is dangerous, unsustainable
Updated On : 10 Jun 2019 | 2:40 PM IST

Summit fever: Everest's budget climbing boom puts Indians most at risk

Nine people have died on the Nepalese side of the mountain so far this year, the deadliest climbing season on the peak since 2015

Summit fever: Everest's budget climbing boom puts Indians most at risk
Updated On : 31 May 2019 | 4:11 PM IST

Everest gets deadly: private sector should manage it to improve safety

The world's highest mountain is experiencing one of its deadliest climbing seasons on record. Letting the private sector manage it would reduce overcrowding and improve safety

Everest gets deadly: private sector should manage it to improve safety
Updated On : 31 May 2019 | 9:16 AM IST

British, Irish climbers latest casualties, take overall Everest toll to 10

A traffic jam of climbers in the Everest "death zone" has been blamed for at least four of the deaths, heightening concerns that the drive for profits is trumping safety.

British, Irish climbers latest casualties, take overall Everest toll to 10
Updated On : 25 May 2019 | 3:41 PM IST

How tall is Mount Everest? For Nepal, it's a touchy question

The measurement expeditions have typically excluded experts from Nepal

How tall is Mount Everest? For Nepal, it's a touchy question
Updated On : 05 Feb 2018 | 1:21 AM IST

Planning to scale Mt Everest? Go in group, Nepal just banned solo climbers

The cabinet late Friday endorsed a revision to the Himalayan nation's mountaineering regulations

Planning to scale Mt Everest? Go in group, Nepal just banned solo climbers
Updated On : 30 Dec 2017 | 3:25 PM IST

Chronicling a solemn descent from Mt Everest: Deliverance from 27,000 feet

Two mountain climbers died near the top of Mount Everest in 2016. Their bodies lay frozen there for a year. Then a journey began to bring them home

Chronicling a solemn descent from Mt Everest: Deliverance from 27,000 feet
Updated On : 19 Dec 2017 | 8:47 AM IST

In a first, Indian Army men climb Mt Everest without using oxygen cylinders

Four climbers are Kunchok Tenda, Kelshang Dorjee Bhutia, Kalden Panjur, Sonam Phuntsok

In a first, Indian Army men climb Mt Everest without using oxygen cylinders
Updated On : 03 Jun 2017 | 5:43 PM IST

Mount Everest: Missing UP man dies after falling from 8,200 metres altitude

With this, total number of people who died from Nepal side of Mount Everest has reached five

Mount Everest: Missing UP man dies after falling from 8,200 metres altitude
Updated On : 22 May 2017 | 6:24 PM IST

Anshu Jamsenpa becomes first Indian woman to climb Mt. Everest four times

The 32 year old mountaineer hails from Arunachal Pradesh

Anshu Jamsenpa becomes first Indian woman to climb Mt. Everest four times
Updated On : 17 May 2017 | 6:07 PM IST

Six Andhra Pradesh students scale Mount Everest, despite humble roots

Students were picked from social welfare and tribal welfare residential schools for training

Six Andhra Pradesh students scale Mount Everest, despite humble roots
Updated On : 14 May 2017 | 9:15 PM IST

Nepal braces for 'traffic jam' at Mt Everest amid surge in climbers number

More than 3,000 people have scaled Mt Everest since 1953

Nepal braces for 'traffic jam' at Mt Everest amid surge in climbers number
Updated On : 16 Apr 2017 | 4:10 PM IST

Breakfast at the Everest base camp

The easiest way to see the world's most famous mountain

Breakfast at the Everest base camp
Updated On : 07 Apr 2017 | 11:29 PM IST

Indian Army mountaineering team scales Mt Everest

The team, led by Lt Col Jamwal, a reputed climber, was at the Everest base camp last year when a 7.9 magnitude earthquake stuck Nepal

Indian Army mountaineering team scales Mt Everest
Updated On : 19 May 2016 | 10:26 AM IST