More than 50 climbers have reached the summit since the route opened KATHMANDU: A Filipino climber has died on Mount Everest, officials said Thursday, becoming the first fatality of this year's ...

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A 45-year-old Filipino was reported to have died in his attempt to ascend Mount Everest in Nepal. A report from The Himalayan Times on Thursday identified the fatality as Philipp "PJ" Santiago II, who ...

Nepal is planning to restrict expeditions to Mount Everest only to those mountaineers who have climbed at least one peak above 7,000 metres aimed at reducing deaths in the high altitude zone ...

Mountaineer and endurance athlete, Tyler Andrews, took off yesterday from Mt. Everest base camp in an attempt to break the round-trip speed record to the summit of the highest mountain in the ...

Ballinger’s latest endeavor has taken him and his team to the north side of Mount Everest (29,0290 feet). He arrived at Base Camp on May 1, and the team will work the mountain utilizing ...

But then they must make their way to the town of Lukla in the Himalayan foothills, where the trail to Mount Everest begins. Getting to Lukla during the busy season in the Himalayas can present a ...

Newly arrived Vermonter Ang Dawa Sherpa leads a group up Mount Everest. According to modern historical records, 7,269 recorded individuals have summited Mount Everest, from Edmund Hillary’s ...

In a bold move aimed at improving safety and reducing the deadly traffic jams on Mount Everest, Nepal is drafting a new law that would require climbers to first summit at least one 7,000-meter ...

Kami Rita (55) flew to Mount Everest on Sunday (April 20, 2025) from Kathmandu to lead a group of climbers who will try to reach the 8,849-metre (29,032-foot) summit during the spring climbing season.

Following years of concern over the amount of climbers attempting to scale Mount Everest, a sweeping change is on the horizon which will dramatically change who can step foot on the mountain in ...