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Nepal's 'hidden' mountains draw new wave of climbers
AFP, Published on 21/10/2025
» KATHMANDU — Nepal's mountains including Everest have long drawn climbers from across the world, but a growing community is exploring hidden summits promising solitude and the chance to be first to the top.
Nepali 'Everest Man' breaks own record with 31st summit
AFP, Published on 27/05/2025
» KATHMANDU — A 55-year-old Nepali climber dubbed the "Everest Man" reached the peak of the world's highest mountain for a record 31st time on Tuesday, more than three decades after his first summit.
Six die in Switzerland weekend mountain accidents
AFP, Published on 26/05/2025
» GENEVA - Six people died in Switzerland over the weekend in accidents in the Alps, officials said Sunday.
What a gas: Britons first to scale Everest with new aid
Reuters, Published on 21/05/2025
» KATHMANDU - Four British climbers have become the first to scale Mount Everest using Xenon gas, which helped them save several weeks that mountaineers normally need to get used to high altitudes, the expedition organiser said on Wednesday.
Ice park threatened by climate change given new life
AFP, Published on 20/03/2025
» OURAY, Colorado - America's ice-climbing epicentre was facing a bleak future, with climate change endangering its water supply, until an unlikely saviour came to its rescue: a nearby silver mine.
Five Russian climbers die on Nepalese peak
Reuters, Published on 08/10/2024
» KATHMANDU - Five Russian climbers who have been missing on Nepal’s Mount Dhaulagiri since the weekend were found dead on the world’s seventh tallest mountain, their hiking company said on Tuesday.
‘Lava chasers’ keep an eye on Iceland
Reuters, Published on 30/12/2023
» As the glowing river of lava from a volcano that erupted last week in Iceland ebbed, not everyone was happy.
11 hikers killed by erupting volcano in Indonesia, 12 still missing
Reuters, Published on 04/12/2023
» JAKARTA: Eleven climbers were found dead on Monday following the eruption of the Marapi volcano in West Sumatra, a rescue official said, as a search to find 12 more missing was temporarily halted over safety concerns.
Second woman declared dead on Tibet peak
Reuters, Published on 10/10/2023
» BEIJING - A second woman hoping to be the first American female climber to scale all of the world’s 8,000-metre (26,246 feet) mountains has been declared dead on a remote peak in Tibet, according to her family.
Tourist hordes threaten Mount Fuji
Published on 09/09/2023
» FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan: On a grey, rainy Saturday a steady stream of tour buses arrive at a base station of Mount Fuji, depositing dozens of lightly dressed foreign tourists in front of souvenir shops and restaurants.