Kami Rita Sherpa breaks his own record with a 32nd climb while Lhakpa Sherpa breaks her own women’s record with an 11th summit of Mount Everest. Published On 17 May 202617 May 2026 Two renowned Nepali guides have scaled Mount Everest with one called the “Everest Man” breaking his own record set last year with … Read more
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Rescuers dug through ice and snow on a mountain in Nepal on Tuesday to look for the bodies of seven climbers who were killed by an avalanche, officials said. The avalanche pounded the base camp at Mount Yalung Ri, located at 4,900 meters (16,000 feet), on Monday morning. Snowstorms prevented rescuers … Read more
Three mountaineers from the United States and Canada were reported missing on Monday after they did not return from an attempt to summit Mount Cook, New Zealand’s highest mountain, the local police said. Severe weather conditions were obstructing the search. The two Americans, Kurt Blair, 56, and Carlos Romero, 50, and a Canadian whom officials … Read more
A British mountaineer and her American companion who had been stranded in the Himalayas for three days without food have been rescued. Fay Manners, 37, and Michelle Dvorak, 31, had been climbing the Chaukhamba mountain in northern India, when they issued an SOS message on Thursday, with nothing further being heard from them. The pair … Read more