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Sherpa guide Kami Rita scales Mount Everest for a record 28th time

Veteran Sherpa guide Kami Rita has scaled Mount Everest for the 28th time, beating his own record less than a week after setting it

The Independent UK

Mount Everest climber Jason Kennison died of altitude sickness, tour operator says

The tour operator who guided Australian Jason Kennison up Mount Everest says he died of altitude sickness.

ABC News

Man who scaled Mount Everest after learning to walk again dies on return from summit

The devastated family of 40-year-old Jason Bernard Kennison say the mechanic "achieved his goal of reaching the peak... but sadly didn't come home".

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Family pays emotional tribute to mountaineer Jason Kennison, who died on Mount Everest trip

Jason Kennison's family has paid tribute to an "amazing son, amazing brother, amazing uncle" who "suddenly fell ill" while descending Mount Everest on Friday morning.

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Australian climber dies on Everest; NSW officer guilty of assaulting Indigenous boy; and Guy Pearce returning to Neighbours

Jason Kennison’s ascent of world’s highest mountain came 17 years after he was told he might never walk again

The Guardian - AU

Family heartbreak after Aussie man’s death on Mount Everest

Jason Bernard Kennison, a Perth-based mining engineer who was originally from South Australia, has died while descending Mount Everest.

The New Daily

Australian climber Jason Kennison dies on Mount Everest while returning from summit

Forty-year-old, who was raising money for Spinal Cord Injuries Australia, spent years recovering from a spinal injury after being told he might never walk again

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Australian man Jason Kennison dies during Mount Everest climb

Australian man Jason Kennison dies while descending Mount Everest, a climb he had undertaken to raise money for Spinal Cord Injuries Australia.

ABC News

Double amputee Gurkha veteran reaches summit of Mount Everest

Hari Budha Magar reached the peak despite being a double amputee since an explosion in Afghanistan

The Guardian - UK

Double amputee climber makes history by scaling Mount Everest

A veteran has become the first double above-the-knee amputee to summit Mount Everest

Evening Standard

Seven years of scaling Everest

LUCKNOW: On May 21, 2016, as the clock struck 8.30am, Aparna Kumar, an IPS officer and a mother of two, was on top of the world, literally, as she had become the first police officer to scale the mighty Mount Everest. Seven years on, Kumar, who has already completed the…

The Times of India

Indian-origin man goes missing after reaching summit of Mount Everest

‘Through his satellite phone, he told me that he had made it to the summit. But then he followed with bad news, saying he would not be able to make it down’

The Independent UK

British Army veteran Hari Budha Magar makes history as first double above-knee amputee to climb Mount Everest

Hari Budha Magar, who lost his legs while serving in Afghanistan, becomes the first double above-knee amputee to conquer Mount Everest.

ABC News

Ex-British Gurkha hopes Everest climb will change disability perceptions

Hari Budha Magar, the first above the knee double amputee to scale Mount Everest, said on Sunday that his ascent would raise awareness about disability.

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Britain’s record holding climber says Everest is 'dry, more rocky'

Mount Everest is losing snow and turning "dry and rocky", British climber Kenton Cool, who made his 17th ascent of the world’s highest peak this week, the most by a foreigner, said on Saturday.

The Independent UK

British climber scales Everest for 17th time, the most by a non-Sherpa guide

A British mountain guide has returned to Nepal’s capital after scaling Mount Everest for a 17th time, breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world’s highest mountain by a non-Sherpa guide

The Independent UK

Nepal's Sherpa guide regains title for most climbs of Mount Everest after 27th trip

One of the greatest mountain guides has regained his title for the most climbs of Mount Everest after scaling the peak for the 27th time

Bangkok Post

Himalayas key to climate battle

In our collective imagination, the Himalayas -- the roof of the world -- are an archetype: glistening white, distant, even otherworldly. Climbing them is proof of humanity's daring, courage and drive. And yet, despite rising 6,993 metres above sea level, the summit of Mount Machapuchare in central Nepal resembled a…

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A Sherpa guide has scaled Mount Everest for the 26th time, tying the all-time record

Pasang Dawa Sherpa reached the summit of the world's highest peak on Sunday for the 26th time. Since making his first successful of climb of the peak in 1998, Dawa has made the trip almost every year.

The Independent UK

Sherpa climbs Everest 26th time, matching record set by fellow Nepalese guide

A Sherpa guide has scaled Mount Everest for the 26th time, matching the record set by a fellow Nepalese guide for the most ascents of the world's highest peak

Reuters

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

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.

The Guardian - UK

What’s the weather like near the summit of Mount Everest?

Data from world’s highest weather station shows wind chill plunging to −83C and frostbite possible in less than a minute

WEKU

A Seattle professor died during a climb up Mount Everest

The U.S. citizen did not die from a climbing-related accident or inclement weather, his group said. Mount Everest, located across Nepal and Tibet, is the world's highest point above sea level.

The Independent UK

Seattle man dies while climbing Mount Everest

University of Washington officials say a retired Seattle doctor has died while climbing Mount Everest

Reuters

'Death zone' queues feared on Everest as Nepal grants record climbing permits

A record number of mountaineers expected on Mount Everest during the current spring climbing season has sparked fears of a traffic jam when teams make their final ascent through the "death zone" to the summit of the world’s tallest peak.

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