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Norway climber sets new goal to scale all 14 tallest peaks within 3 months

June 6, 2023782 Views

A Norwegian who is aiming to be the fastest climber to scale all the world’s 14 highest mountains said Tuesday that she can achieve her goal in half the time she initially planned. Kristin Harila, on return to Nepal’s capital from the mountains on Tuesday, said she is setting a new target of scaling the peaks in three months, having already climbed eight of them in 40 days. She is attempting to beat the 2019 record set by a male climber, who did in little more six months. Norwegian climber Kristin Harila, 37, right, and her guide Tenjen Sherpa pose for a photograph in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha) Harila, 37, is yet to climb Mount Manaslu in Nepal, which she hopes to do in the next few days, and then the five remaining peaks in Pakistan,...

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Nepal urged to tighten climbing rules to cut Everest deaths

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June 4, 2023781 Views

Weak climbers being led up Mount Everest by expedition operators with insufficient experience are causing problems, a veteran mountain guide said on Sunday, after one of the deadliest climbing seasons in years on the world's highest mountain. At least 12 climbers died and five are missing and feared dead on the 8,849 metre (29,032 foot) Mount Everest during this year's main climbing season that has just ended, the deadliest since an earthquake triggered an avalanche that killed 18 people in 2015. "Weakest clients with less experienced operators is part of the problem,” Guy Cotter, 69, a noted guide from the New Zealand who has climbed Everest five times, said in the Nepali capital, Kathmandu. "Clients should have minimum climbing standards with proven prior ascents before com...

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Nepali sherpa saves Malaysian climber in rare Everest ‘death zone’ rescue

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June 2, 20231338 Views

A Malaysian climber narrowly survived after a Nepali sherpa guide hauled him down from below the summit of Mount Everest in a "very rare" high altitude rescue, a government official said on Wednesday. Gelje Sherpa, 30, was guiding a Chinese client to the 8,849 metre (29,032 feet) Everest summit on May 18 when he saw the Malaysian climber clinging to a rope and shivering from extreme cold in the area called the "death zone", where temperatures can dip to minus 30 degrees Celsius (-22F) or lower. Ngima Tashi Sherpa walks as he carries a Malaysian climber while rescuing him from the death zone above camp four at Everest, Nepal, May 18, 2023 in this screengrab obtained from a handout video. Gelje Sherpa/Handout via REUTERS Gelje hauled the climber 600 metres (1,900 feet) down from th...

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Climbers celebrate Everest 70th anniversary amid melting glaciers, rising temperatures

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May 26, 2023867 Views

As the mountaineering community prepares to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the conquest of Mount Everest, there is growing concern about temperatures rising, glaciers and snow melting, and weather getting harsh and unpredictable on the world’s tallest mountain. Since the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) mountain peak was first scaled by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay in 1953, thousands of climbers have reached the peak and hundreds of lost their lives. A security person stands guard in front of a statue of Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary at the tourism board in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, May 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha) The deteriorating conditions on Everest are raising concerns for the mountaineering community and the people whose live...

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Sherpa Kami Rita scales Everest twice in a week, for record 28th time

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May 23, 2023872 Views

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 rose to 11. Kami Rita Sherpa, 53, reached the 8,849-metre (29,032-feet) summit by the traditional southeast ridge route, said Nepali tourism official Bigyan Koirala, following his 27th climb last week. Pioneered by the first summiteers, New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay in 1953, the route remains the most popular path to the world’s tallest peak. FILE PHOTO: Nepali mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa waves upon his arrival after climbing Mount Everest for the 24th time in 2019, setting a record for the most summits of the world's highest mountain, in Kathmandu, Nepal May 2...

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Nepali sherpa gets back the Everest record with 27th ascent

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May 18, 2023940 Views

Briton Kenton Cool makes 17th ascent for a record of most summits by a foreigner Just three days after his earlier record of ascents to Mount Everest was equalled by a fellow Nepali sherpa, Kami Rita again got the record to his own name by scaling the highest peak in the world for the 27th time on Wednesday, a government official and his hiking company have said. Kami Rita Sherpa, 53, scaled the 8,849 metre (29,032-foot) mountain early in the morning along the traditional southeast ridge route, guiding a foreign climber. FILE PHOTO: Nepali mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa waves upon his arrival after climbing Mount Everest for the 24th time in 2019, setting a record for the most summits of the world's highest mountain, in Kathmandu, Nepal May 25, 2019. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar "Ye...

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Nepali sherpa becomes world’s second person to scale Everest 26 times

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May 14, 2023821 Views

A Nepali sherpa guide climbed Mount Everest for the 26th time on Sunday, hiking officials said, becoming the world’s second person to achieve the feat. Pasang Dawa Sherpa, 46, stood atop the 8,849-m (29,032-ft) peak, sharing the record number of summits with Kami Rita Sherpa, said Bigyan Koirala, a government tourism official. Kami Rita, who is also climbing on Everest now, could set another record if he makes it to the top. Pasang Dawa reached the top with a Hungarian client, said an official of his employer Imagine Nepal Treks, a hiking company. "They are descending from the top now and are in good shape," the official, Dawa Futi Sherpa, told Reuters. Sherpas, who mostly use their first names, are known for their climbing skills and make a living mainly by guiding...