Mount Everest
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Ain’t no mountain high enough
An all-women African team, which includes a climber who was part of the disastrous 1996 climb, plans to summit Mount Everest in 2020
Why a deadly shadow hangs over Everest summit
This season, 11 people died on the treacherous slopes where mountaineers queued sometimes for hours for their turn at the top
Everest ‘traffic jam’ survivor calls for tougher rules
Mountaineering has become big business since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay made the first ascent of Everest in 1953
Sherpa climbs Everest twice in a week for record 24th
Nepali mountain guide Kami Rita Sherpa has set a new world record by climbing Mount Everest for a 24th time
Rescuers retrieve bodies of nine climbers on Nepal’s Mount Gurja
The accident is believed to have happened either late Thursday or Friday, but there are no surviving witnesses
Nepalese dig for quake survivors
The death toll continued to rise in Nepal on Sunday after an earthquake devastated the heavily populated Kathmandu Valley.
Nepal gives in to some Sherpa demands to avoid Everest boycott
Nepal has agreed to set up a relief fund for Sherpas who are killed or injured in climbing accidents after Mount Everest’s deadliest disaster to date.
SA climbers return to Everest Base Camp
Saray Khumalo and Sibusiso Vilane have returned to base camp, due to fears of a second avalanche on Mount Everest.
Everest guides, climbers cancel expeditions after avalanche tragedy
After 13 colleagues died in an avalanche, Nepalese guides and climbers have cancelled Everest expeditions, with anger growing over sherpas’ poor pay.
SA climbers safe after Everest avalanche as search called off
Reports claim South African climbers are safe after the deadliest ever avalanche on Mount Everest that left at least 13 Nepalese mountain guides dead.
Death toll from Mount Everest avalanche increases
At least 13 people have been killed in the deadliest accident on the world’s highest mountain.
Everest gets to grips with peak traffic
Nepal may take steps to ease congestion at a steep, narrow cliff near the summit – by installing a ladder.
Mount Everest claims eight lives as climbers risk all for the summit
Climbers from China, Germany, Canada and South Korea have been killed as hundreds made a bid to summit Mount Everest at the weekend.
Granny proves she’s not over the hill by summiting Everest
Joining a list of record breakers, including a blind person and a 13-year-old boy, a 73-year-old woman has become the oldest woman to climb Everest.
Escaping to Everest to fight a different kind of war
A new book suggests climbers were trying to transcend were five years of trench warfare that shattered the Edwardian idyll.