Tom Hiddleston trekked to Everest base camp for Tenzing Tom Hiddleston trekked to the Mount Everest base camp to gain some experience before playing climber Edmund Hillary in new movie Tenzing. BANG Premier · Sep 25
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. We Got This Covered · Sep 5
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 The Independent UK · Sep 3
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. Bored Panda · Sep 1
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 · Aug 30
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 · Aug 29
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. BANG Premier · Aug 25
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 The Times of India · Aug 21
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 · Aug 16
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 · Aug 16
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 T3 · Aug 10
‘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 · Aug 8
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 · Aug 6
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 · Aug 1
Evening Standard · Aug 1 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’.
The Independent UK · Aug 1 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 · Aug 1 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
Evening Standard · Aug 1 Spencer Matthews praying for miracle during search for climbers led by Briton He shared a photo with the mountaineer on Instagram.
The Economic Times · Jul 30 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…
The Times of India · Jul 24 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…
Times Life · Jul 20 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 · Jul 15 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 · Jul 14 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 · Jul 9 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 · Jul 8 ‘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