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The trek to Everest Base Camp was even tougher than I expected – I wouldn’t change a thing

Altitude aches, a chance encounter with Tenzing Norgay's son, unforgettable alpine starts on one of mountaineering’s most iconic destinations

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After record-breaking Everest climbers revealed they use hypoxic tents to get altitude ready without acclimatizing on the mountain, we look at how the technology works

Hypoxic tents are used by climbers to prepare for the dizzying effects of altitude atop the world's tallest mountains

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"I’m thrilled to have achieved what many people in the mountaineering world said was impossible" – we talk to Andrew Ushakov about his record-breaking Everest summit, along with the altitude specialist behind his time-saving technique

The Ukrainian-American climber puts the success of his sea to summit Everest speed climb down to over 400 hours spent in a hypoxic tent - we got the low down on how he prepared

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Adventure tourism is turning into ‘complete circus’, says first Welshman to climb Everest

Climbing risks losing ‘the element of a real adventure’, says mountaineer Caradoc Jones

The Independent UK

Kathmandu rally marks 72 years since first Everest summit

A rally wound through the streets of Kathmandu on Thursday, marking 72 years since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay first stood atop Everest and drawing attention to growing concerns over safety and overcrowding.

Euronews

"The most amazing thing I've ever done" – CPR campaigner who installed defibrillator on Everest is overjoyed to hear it saved a French climber's life

David Sullivan "shed tears of joy" as he heard the medical advice he had installed at over 16,400ft had been put to great use

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Nepal's mountaineering community marks 72 years since conquest of Everest summit

Nepal contains eight of the highest peaks in the world and every year hundreds of foreign climbers fly to the country in South Asia to tackle the mountains.

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Everest faces pressure from climate change and overcrowding

Nepal says it must protect Mount Everest as rising climber numbers and climate change put pressure on the world’s highest peak.

Euronews

Nepal's mountaineering community celebrates 72nd anniversary of Mount Everest conquest

Nepal’s mountaineering community has celebrated the 72nd anniversary of the conquest of the world’s highest peak

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: Hundreds scale Mount Everest in a weather-hit climbing season

Hundreds of climbers and their Sherpa guides scaled Mount Everest this month in Nepal, struggling against harsh weather to make it to the summit of the world's highest mountain before the climbing season finishes at the end of May.

The Independent UK

More restrictions on the way for Everest hopefuls after Nepal promises to protect the Himalayas from climate change and overcrowding

Climbers could face new regulatory hurdles as the world's tallest mountain faces the devastating effects of overcrowding and climate change

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Peak speed: Sherpas say their traditions are at risk after record Everest ascents

Use of xenon gas and hypoxic tents before recent expeditions have triggered alarm in Nepal, where guides fear it could encourage inexperienced climbers

The Guardian - UK

As the Everest summit window draws to a close, records are smashed while others suffer bitter disappointment

Revered mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa makes his 31st summit, while 29-year-old Tashi Gyalzen Sherpa summits four times in just 15 days

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US mountaineer who claims to have climbed Everest in quickest time ever from sea to summit arrested in Nepal over cash smuggling allegations

Andrew Ushakov, who climbed with the aid of Nims Purja's Elite Exped guides was detained at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu

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‘Disrespectful to Everest’: Nepal vows to protect Himalayas from overcrowding and climate change

11 tonnes of garbage, four dead bodies and a skeleton were removed from Everest during the last climbing season.

Al Jazeera

Nepali breaks world record with 31st summit of Mount Everest

Kami Rita, a 55-year-old Sherpa known as “Everest Man”, first climbed the world’s highest mountain in 1994.

The Independent UK

Nepal vows to keep Himalayas safe and clean as it hosts conference for Everest climbers

Nepal pledged to support mountaineering and keep climbers safe as it welcomed many of those who have scaled Mount Everest to an event recognising their achievement

International Business Times

Nepali 'Everest Man' Breaks Own Record With 31st summit

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.

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The Independent UK

Nepal’s ‘Everest Man’ summits world’s tallest mountain for record 31st time

Famed Sherpa mountain guide climbs Mount Everest for 31st time, extending his record

The Independent UK

Renowned Everest guide defends controversial use of xenon gas in record climbs

The use of xenon gas treatment has drawn controversy

The Independent UK

Ukrainian man claims he climbed Everest from sea level to summit in record four days

Ushakov slept at home in a hypoxic tent that simulates high-altitude conditions before heading to Nepal

Advnture

Who are the Everest sherpas and what do they do? We look at the often unsung heroes behind some of the world's most famous mountaineers

People who live in the Nepalese mountains have been guiding foreign climbers up the world's tallest mountain since the 1920s. We take a closer look at their vital role in these high-risk expeditions

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Race from sea level: British Xenon gas climbers summit Everest in just five days, but now US national claims to have done it in less than four

It took the Army veterans just five days to get from London to the summit of the world's tallest mountain; but now Andrew Ushakov claims to have reached the top of the mountain even faster

The Independent UK

British climbers first to scale Mount Everest using new method

Their climb is one of the fastest ascents on record of the world’s highest peak

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“Black rocky hills have started to appear” - Experts witness the devastating toll of climate change on Mount Everest in eye-opening fly-by

Scientists and Nepali lawmakers spotted a drastic reduction in snow-coverage on the Himalayan peaks

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