Category : Everest

Everest Height Controversy Ends

Angela Benavides

08/12/2020

8000ers Everest

After a decade of controversy, Nepal and China have agreed on the new height of Mount Everest: It's the same as it's been, plus a few inches...

Infamous Everest Serac is Gone

Angela Benavides

24/11/2020

Everest

Garrett Madison canceled his Everest expedition in autumn 2019 because a gigantic serac loomed over the Khumbu Icefall, and one of his clien...

Legendary Scottish Climber Hamish MacInnes Dies

Martin Walsh

24/11/2020

8000ers Everest Himalaya

Scotland’s greatest climber, Hamish MacInnes, has died at the age of 90. Born in Gatehouse of Fleet, Kirkcudbrightshire, MacInnes demonst...

Microplastics Found on Everest

Alex Myall

23/11/2020

Everest

Few items can claim to have reached both the bottom of the deepest ocean and the upper reaches of the highest mountain. But in a sad sign of...

Jan Morris, Last Non-Sherpa Member of 1953 Everest Expedition, Passes

Alex Myall

21/11/2020

Everest

When Sir Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay became the first men to summit Mount Everest in 1953, a man then known as James Morris was awarded...

Jost Kobusch: Still Focused on Winter Everest

Angela Benavides

19/11/2020

Everest Winter 8000ers Winter Himalaya

With all eyes fixated on winter K2, a young climber is methodically preparing to return to Everest next December for a no-O2, solo attempt v...

Interview with Reinhold Messner

Ash Routen

16/11/2020

8000ers Everest Himalaya K2

As I dial the number, I draw a sharp intake of breath. I'm keen to make the best of this opportunity. I doubt it will come again. A moment l...

Summit Day on Ama Dablam

Angela Benavides

11/11/2020

Everest Himalaya Mountain

For the few who have been lucky enough to venture in the Himalaya this year, it's been the perfect climbing season: no crowds, no helicopt...

The Quest to Measure Everest’s New Altitude

Angela Benavides

10/11/2020

8000ers Everest

This year, an unusually lonely Everest has been climbed only once, by a huge Chinese siege-style expedition with lots of O2, ropes and guide...

Nepal’s Highway to Everest: Good or Bad?

Angela Benavides

06/11/2020

8000ers Everest Himalaya

"Nepal Building a Highway to Everest". The headline that appeared earlier this week in the Nepali Times has stirred controversy among trekke...

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