People climbing Everest will now have to clean up their faeces and take them back to base camp for disposal, the BBC reports. “Our mountains have started to stink,” said Mingma Sherpa, chairman of Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality. A municipality that covers most of the region...
A British man who dreamed of trekking in the Himalayas has broken world records. He climbed and descended to the top of Everest in one single day - all without leaving his country home, reports NewYorkPost. Using a ladder at home, 37-year-old Sean...
Russian climber Ekaterina Lipka climbed to the top of Everest and unfurled the Ukrainian flag - thus she expressed support for a country engulfed in war. At the same time, we note that the climber climbed with an injured leg. NZHerald writes about it. A photo of the climber went viral after the former ambassador...
18-year-old Lucy Westlake has become the youngest American to summit Mount Everest, and this is not her first world record. The story of an unusual girl was told by Lonely Planet. Experienced mountaineer, long-distance runner, triathlete and recent high school graduate in Naperville, IL, Westlake May 12…
Vitaly Kozubsky became interested in mountains at almost 40 years old. The man has not yet been to the Ukrainian Hoverla. Outside the mountains, Kozubsky is the director of a utility company. And he is convinced that in his old age it will not be his work that he will remember. Now he's 44 and has climbed the highest mountain...
On May 27, 62-year-old lawyer Christopher Kulish of Boulder, Colorado, died in a camp while descending Mount Everest. His death was another in a series of tragic deaths of climbers: in 3 months more people died in the Himalayas than in the entire previous one ...
The American conqueror of the Seven Summits - the highest mountain on each continent - died on Everest shortly after reaching the summit. Shortly after reaching the summit on May 22, 55-year-old Utah resident Donald Lynn Cash collapsed due to altitude sickness, ABC News reports...
A climber from Ryazan died while climbing Elbrus, reports the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for Kabardino-Balkaria. “A tourist in a group of five people from Ryazan fell onto the rocks from a height of 5,3 thousand meters (the saddle of Mount Elbrus), receiving injuries incompatible with...
An avalanche on Everest caused by a strong earthquake on April 25 killed 65 climbers. According to Nepalese officials, there were at least 1 climbers in the Everest base camps, including about 400 foreigners. A video of the moment of the avalanche on Everest, which arose due to the strongest ...