From highs to lows, Everest record breaker sees ‘no future’ in Nepal
Kathmandu, NepalReuters Kami Rita Sherpa had stood at the top of world just days earlier, exultant at having summited Mount Everest for a record 28th time. Kami Rita Sherpa, 53, a Nepali Mountaineer who climbed Mount Everest for a record 28 times, poses for a picture at his rented apartment in Kathmandu, Nepal, on 28th […]
Essay: 70 years after the first ascent of Everest, the impact of mass mountaineering must be confronted
YANA WENGE, Dr ADELE DORAN and MICHAL APOLLO, in an artike first published on The Conversation, warn of the dangers the increasing numbers of those looking to climb the world’s highest peaks bring with them…
Nepali sherpa scales Everest for 28th time as toll on peak reaches 11
Kathmandu, NepalReuters A Nepali sherpa reached the summit of Mount Everest for a record 28th time on Tuesday, an official said, completing his second ascent in just a week, as the toll in this year’s climbing season reached 11. Kami Rita Sherpa, 53, reached the 8,849-metre summit by the traditional southeast ridge route, said Nepali […]
SUMMIT FEVER: EVEREST’S BUDGET CLIMBING BOOM MAY PUT INDIANS MOST AT RISK
ABHIRUP ROY and GOPAL SHARMA, of Reuters, report on growing death toll in this year’s Himalayan climbing season…