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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Everest - The Untold Story

Everest climbers are melting the mountain’s glacier with their pee, according to a shocking study

If you're relieving yourself on Everest urine a lot of trouble.

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Climbers are melting Everest’s glacier with their urine, study warns

Climbers and guides drink large volumes of water at altitude to avoid dehydration, and collectively produce more than 6,000 litres of urine a day

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Sherpas Are Risking It All On Everest While Tourists Order Espresso At Basecamp, Let’s Talk About That

Gorilla trekking and Everest summits are bucket list moments. And for a fee, you can get there comfortably, on the back of an underpaid local. Just because you can, does that mean you should? Read the full article to join the debate on the ethics behind luxury adventure tourism.

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Fresh flood warning issued in Nepal as death toll climbs above 900

Mountain rescue specialists usually deployed to assist climbers on Himalayan peaks are assisting search for hydropower workers trapped in flooded tunnels

The Independent UK

Everest veterans, mountain guides enter choked hydropower tunnel to rescue 6

Highly trained mountain guides and Everest veterans joined flood rescue efforts in Nepal's Rasuwa district. Specialist teams used expedition skills to access disaster zones where roads had disappeared. Rescuers entered a mud-choked hydropower tunnel, pushing approximately 120 meters inside. They recovered a camera bag and determined excavation equipment was needed…

The Times of India

Tom Hiddleston’s new Everest Epic Tenzing to Open Zurich Film Festival

The actor and his co-star in the project, Willem Dafoe, star in Jennifer Peedom’s true-life Mount Everest drama.

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Angry at fireworks in mountains, China shuts down its 8000-ders to foreign climbers

China-Tibet Mountaineering Association (CTMA) had already kept foreign expeditions off Everest’s north side, Cho Oyu and Shishapangma during the spring season

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Bianca Adler turns Everest heartbreak into history: 18-year-old Australian returns a year after turning back 400 metres from summit to become youngest Australian woman to reach the top

Bianca Adler, an enterprising eighteen-year-old from Australia, has successfully summited Mount Everest, achieving a long-held dream after turning back just 400 meters shy on a previous attempt. With this triumph, she not only became the youngest Australian to conquer Everest but also built on her record as the youngest woman…

The Economic Times

I hike for a living, and these are the 5 best GPS watches I've tested on real mountains — including Everest — from Garmin, Suunto, Coros & more

As a professional hiker and adventure journalist, these are the GPS watches I recommend.

TechRadar

This Icelandic outdoor brand, which has been building gear for fishermen and mountaineers for 100 years, just proved that the best winter jackets don’t have to look technical

66ºNorth's new collection includes GORE-TEX, Polartec, archive-inspired puffers and an Everest jacket reborn as a cropped silhouette

‘Green Boots’ could finally be brought home to wife after 30 years frozen on Everest. ‘I will ask: where were you?’

Dorje Morup’s wife said that the the night before he left for his expedition, her husband had promised to come back a hero and to make his country proud

The Independent UK

From first Omani woman to summit Everest to sherpa who climbed it seven times, the 10 mountaineers killed on Broad Peak

While attention has been focused on high-altitude mountaineering’s controversial star Nirmal Purja, the avalanche also claimed the lives of nine renowned climbers and guides from five countries

The Independent UK

Prince William ‘truly saddened’ by death of ex-British Army soldier Nirmal Purja

The Prince of Wales described Nirmal Purja as ’one of the world’s greatest mountaineers‘

The Independent UK

William ‘truly saddened’ as ex-British Army soldier Nirmal Purja confirmed dead

William posted on social media on Saturday evening calling Mr Purja ‘one of the world’s greatest mountaineers’.

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Nirmal Purja: Former British Army soldier and Netflix star confirmed dead in Pakistan avalanche

The Nepalese mountaineer was leading an expedition of 10 climbers on Broad Peak

The Independent UK

Former British Army soldier Nirmal Purja confirmed dead in Pakistan avalanche

The Nepalese mountaineer was leading an expedition of 10 climbers on Broad Peak.

Evening Standard

Spencer Matthews praying for miracle during search for climbers led by Briton

He shared a photo with the mountaineer on Instagram.

The Economic Times

China sets up high-altitude drone hub in Tibet to boost border operations

China launched a drone research center near Mount Everest in Tibet. This facility will develop unmanned aerial vehicles for high-altitude operations. The center aims to bolster border patrols and logistics in challenging terrain. It also supports China's technological competition with the United States. The initiative addresses regional needs and fosters…

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The Times of India

Want to summit Everest? Nepal may first ask climbers to scale 7,000m peak

NEW DELHI: Nepal lawmakers have proposed that climbers seeking an Everest permit should first summit at least one 7,000m peak in the country, part of a wider move to tighten access to the world’s highest mountain after a record spring season that saw 1,008 successful ascents from the Nepal side…

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How Bar-Headed Geese Cross the Himalayas and What Their Migration Reveals About Altitude Endurance

The route, in numbersBar-headed geese (Anser indicus) breed on the high-altitude lakes of Central Asia, Tibetan plateau, Mongolia, China, and winter on the Indian subcontinent, including the wetlands of Assam, Rajasthan, and the Gangetic plains. Twice a year, they cross the Himalayas. The recorded ceiling for this flight is 7,290…

The Economic Times

Meet 'Mountain Queen' Lhakpa Sherpa, who climbed Mount Everest 11 times, once while pregnant; Here's why she wants to continue climbing until 80

Lhakpa Sherpa, the "Mountain Queen", holds the record for most Everest ascents by a woman. She defied societal expectations, growing up where girls were denied education. Sherpa worked various jobs in the United States between her remarkable climbing expeditions. She plans to continue climbing Mount Everest until she reaches eighty…

The Times of India

Marine fossils found near Mount Everest summit tell the remarkable story of a vanished ocean

Standing on the summit of Mount Everest feels like reaching the highest possible point on Earth. The mountain rises nearly nine kilometres above sea level, surrounded by ice, rock and thin air. Yet the rocks beneath a climber’s boots tell a very different story. They do not speak of towering…

TechRadar

DJI drones are saving Mount Everest from being the 'world's highest garbage dump' — FlyCart 100 removes over 10,000kg of waste to save Sherpas from an eight-hour trek across a hazardous icefall

DJI's FlyCart 100 delivery drone hauled over 10,000kg of supplies and waste between Everest Base Camp and Camp 1 this season, replacing a dangerous eight-hour Sherpa trek through the Khumbu Icefall with an eight-minute flight

Cycling Weekly

‘Everesting’ wasn’t tough enough, so I completed the Everest Roam

Accumulating 8,848 meters without a single hill rep is the aim of the game

The Guardian - AU

Chris Minns says Labor needs to ‘climb Everest’ to stay in power as One Nation looms over state conference

The New South Wales premier warns of rising threat of Pauline Hanson’s party as he addresses party conference

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