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China To Bar Foreign Climbers From Everest’s Tibet Side

China will bar foreigners from climbing the Tibetan side of Mount Everest during the coming autumn season after a...

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Are Everest Ascents Too Easy To Fake?

Satyarup Siddhanta only discovered he was at the centre of an Everest fraud when he spotted news of a couple whose...

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Bodies of Indian Climbers Who Died On Everest Recovered

Rescuers have retrieved the body of an Indian climber who died on Mount Everest and airlifted it to Kathmandu on...

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Spanish Record Climber Tops Everest Twice In A Week

Spanish mountaineer Kilian Jornet has reached the summit of Mount Everest for the second time in a week, his team said...

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Nepal Lets Everest Permit Dodger Off $22,000 Fine

Nepal said Friday a South African who tried to climb Mount Everest without a permit can go home without paying a...

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Everest Rescuers Retrieve Bodies of Two Indian Climbers

Rescuers have retrieved the bodies of two Indian climbers who died on Mount Everest last year but whose remains could...

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Everest Climber Accused of ‘illegal’ Tibet-Nepal Traverse

A Polish climber who claims to have traversed from Tibet to Nepal at the summit of Mount Everest may have crossed...

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Four Climbers Found Dead On Everest

The bodies of four climbers were found inside a tent on Everest, an expedition organiser said Wednesday, taking the...

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Spanish Climber Sets New Everest Record

Spanish mountaineer Kilian Jornet has set a record for the fastest ascent of Mount Everest without fixed ropes or...

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Three Climbers Die On Everest, One Missing

Three climbers died on Everest over the weekend and another is missing, officials confirmed Monday, in one of the...

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Indian Woman Tops Everest Twice In Week, Breaks Record

An Indian climber Sunday reached the summit of Mount Everest for the second time in less than a week, her expedition...

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Three British Gurkhas Return To Everest, Make Summit

Three British Gurkha soldiers reached the summit of Mount Everest on Monday, two years after being caught in an...

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Six Indian Climbers Make First Everest Summit of Season

Six Indian climbers reached the top of Mount Everest on Saturday, the first group to summit the world's highest peak...

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Acclimatise In Bed, Climb Everest In Half the Time

As other Everest hopefuls were trudging up to base camp in April, Singapore-based Brooks Entwistle was at home,...

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Nepal Fines Solo Everest Climber Without Permit $22,000

A South African attempting to climb Mount Everest alone and without a permit has been ordered off the mountain, had his...

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85-Year-Old Everest Record Seeker Died of Altitude Sickness

An 85-year-old ex-Gurkha who was attempting to reclaim his title as the world's oldest person to summit Mount Everest...

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85-Year-Old Dies On Everest During World Record Bid

An 85-year-old ex-Gurkha who was attempting to reclaim his title as the world's oldest person to summit Mount Everest...

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Everest Braces For Record Number of Summit Attempts

Nepal has issued a record number of permits to climbers wanting to summit Mount Everest this spring, an official said...

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Famed Swiss Climber Ueli Steck Dies On Everest

Swiss climber Ueli Steck, one of the most feted mountaineers of his generation and famed for his speed ascents of...