Over 580 tourists and 300 local guides have been rescued after a heavy snowstorm near the eastern slope of Mount Everest in Tibet. The evacuation lasted two days, with those affected receiving medication and heating.
A snowstorm on Everest has trapped hundreds of tourists at an altitude of 4,900 meters, with at least one person dead. More than 200 people remain cut off from the world, and communication in the mountains is practically non-existent.
On the eastern slope of Everest, over 1,000 people are stranded at an altitude of 4,900 meters due to a severe snowstorm. On the other side of Everest, floods and landslides have caused the deaths of at least 47 people.
Polish climber Andrzej Bargiel became the first person to ski down from the summit of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen. He spent 16 hours in the "death zone" and, after a short stop at the summit, embarked on a historic descent.
Nepal is waiving climbing permit fees for 97 peaks in the northwestern Himalayas for two years. This decision aims to attract tourists to lesser-known mountains and stimulate the development of poor border regions.
Four British climbers have become the first to climb Mount Everest using xenon to improve acclimatization. Their expedition lasted less than five days.
51-year-old Kenton Cool, accompanied by Sherpa Dorje Gyaljen, reached the summit of Everest. This is his 19th ascent, which is a record, although Sherpa Kami Rita remains the leader with 30 ascents.
Climbers from India and the Philippines have died in the current Everest climbing season. An Indian died on the descent, a Filipino died while resting in a high-altitude camp.
NASA has published a photo of Mount Everest taken from the space shuttle Columbia during the STS-80 mission. The image shows the mountain itself with a height of 8848 meters and the surrounding glaciers.
Five Ukrainian soldiers with injuries and amputated limbs have climbed Kilimanjaro. The servicemen reached the height of 5895 meters after four months of training.
The 7. 1 magnitude earthquake in the mountainous region of Tibet killed 106 people and injured 174. The disaster damaged nearly 3,000 homes and was felt in neighboring countries, including Nepal, Bhutan, and northern India.
A group of climbers got caught in a severe thunderstorm on Mount Shelda in Svaneti. One died after falling from a cliff, three were evacuated by helicopter, and rescuers are looking for the fourth.
Today, on August 8, all mountain climbers celebrate International Mountaineering Day. The event was established in honor of the first conquest of the highest mountain in the French Alps, Mont Blanc
Today, climbers and mountain lovers can join the event dedicated to the highest peak of our planet - Everest Day. It was on May 23, 1953, that New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay made the first successful ascent of Everest in history.
Joshua Cheruiyot Kirui, a 40-year-old Kenyan climber, was found dead near the summit of Mount Everest after he disappeared with his Nepalese guide Nawang Sherpa while attempting to climb without supplemental oxygen, the fourth death on Everest this week.
Nepalese climber Kami Rita has set a new record: he has climbed Mount Everest 29 times, which is more than anyone else in the world.
The Supreme Court of Nepal has ordered the government to limit the number of permits to climb Mount Everest and other mountains, as well as to take measures to dispose of waste and preserve the mountain environment.
Nepal will require all climbers to wear tracking chips while climbing Mount Everest to reduce search and rescue time.
From now on, climbers on Mount Everest will be required to carry their own feces back to base camp and present bags for inspection to prove that nothing was left on the mountain.
