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First blind Chinese mountaineer climbs Mount Everest

Reuters
Posted at May 30 02:06 PM

The 46-year old Chinese Zhang Hong has scaled the tallest peak in the world from the Nepal side, becoming the first blind man in Asia and the third in the world to climb Mount Everest. Read more »

China cancels Everest spring climbing over coronavirus worries

Reuters
Posted at May 15 07:57 PM

SHANGHAI - China has decided to cancel the 2021 spring climbing season from the Tibetan side of Mount Everest, the world's tallest peak, because of coronavirus concerns, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday. Read more »

Two foreign climbers die on Everest

Paavan Mathema, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of May 13 02:30 PM

Two climbers from the United States and Switzerland have died on Mount Everest, the first fatalities of this year's season, expedition organizers in Nepal said Thursday. Read more »

China to set up separation line on Mount Everest over COVID-19 fears

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of May 13 01:46 PM

China will set up a "separation line" on the peak of Mount Everest to avoid possible COVID-19 infections by climbers from virus-hit Nepal, state media reported, after dozens were taken ill from the summit's base camp. Read more »

COVID threatens Everest climbing comeback plans

Prakash Mathema with Paavan Mathema in Kathmandu, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 07 12:30 PM

EVEREST BASE CAMP, Nepal - More than 30 sick climbers have been evacuated from the foot of Mount Everest, raising fears that coronavirus may scupper a hoped-for bumper season on the world's highest mountain.   Read more »

Mount Everest is higher than we thought, say Nepal and China

Gopal Sharma, Reuters
Posted at Dec 08 08:18 PM

Kathmandu and Beijing had differed over its exact height but after each sent an expedition of surveyors to the summit they have agreed that the official height is a bit more than their previous calculations. Read more »

Nepal reopens Everest despite pandemic uncertainty

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 31 04:20 PM

KATHMANDU - Nepal has reopened its mountains -- including Everest -- for the autumn trekking and climbing season in a bid to boost the struggling tourism sector, officials said Friday, despite coronavirus uncertainty.    Read more »

Huawei, China’s telcos bring 5G to Mount Everest

Jane Zhang, South China Morning Post
Posted at Apr 22 08:55 AM

Huawei Technologies has teamed up with wireless network operators China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom to roll out advanced 5G infrastructure on Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain above sea level. Read more »

Pandemic shuts down Everest, as Nepal suspends all permits

Paavan Mathema, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 13 06:15 PM

Expedition organizers and Nepal tourism professionals said the move was justified but would cause a financial disaster. Read more »

Nepal postpones inaugural 'Everest Dialogue' event amid virus scare

Kyodo News
Posted at Mar 03 07:56 AM

KATHMANDU - Nepal has indefinitely postponed the inaugural Sagarmatha Sambaad, or Everest Dialogue, which was scheduled for early April, Nepal's Foreign Minister said Monday. Read more »

Veteran climbers skeptical proposed rules for Mount Everest will stop deaths

Andrew Both, Reuters
Posted at Dec 18 01:46 PM

Veteran climbers of Mount Everest are skeptical that proposed new regulations by the Nepalese government to tighten the permit process for adventurers will address the root causes of this year's heavy death toll on the world's tallest peak. Read more »

From beaches to Bieber: 6 locations closing after tourism overload

Louis Stall, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Aug 28 07:06 AM

Indonesia has unveiled plans to close the island of Komodo to the public from January next year in a bid to conserve the world's largest living lizard species - the Komodo dragon. Read more »

Everest region bans single-use plastic

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 23 07:35 AM

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Single-use plastics have been banned in the Everest region to reduce the vast amounts of waste left by trekkers and mountaineers, Nepali authorities said Thursday. Read more »

Nepal mulls minimum Everest criteria after deadly season

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 18 12:16 AM

Climbers wanting to take on Mount Everest will first have to tackle another Nepal mountain of at least 21,325 feet under new proposals. Read more »

Senate honors mountain-climber Carina Dayondon after scaling 7 Summits

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 28 09:44 PM

Scaling the 7 Summits is considered the premier mountaineering challenge in the world, and Dayondon conquered that “despite insurmountable odds.” Read more »

American climber dies on descent from summit of Mount Everest

Gopal Sharma, Reuters
Posted at May 28 12:59 PM

Christopher John Kulish, 61, scaled the 8,850 meter (29,035 feet) peak from the normal Southeast Ridge route in the morning but died suddenly at South Col after descending from the summit, Mira Acharya, a Nepal tourism department official said.   Read more »

Everest 'traffic jam' survivor calls for tougher rules

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 28 04:19 AM

Ameesha Chauhan, a survivor of the Everest "traffic jam" who is in hospital recovering from frostbite, said climbers without basic skills should be barred to prevent a recurrence of this year's deadly season on the world's highest peak. Read more »

4 die on crowded slopes of Mount Everest

Gopal Sharma, Reuters
Posted at May 24 11:37 PM

KATHMANDU - Three Indian climbers and one Nepali guide died on Mount Everest in the past couple of days, taking to seven the total number killed or missing on the world's highest mountain in this year's climbing season, Nepali officials said on Friday.   Read more »

Cyclone Fani fallout blows tents off Everest

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 03 10:41 PM

About 20 tents at Everest's Camp 2, at 6,400 meters (21,000 feet), were affected.   Read more »

Mountain of trash? 3 tons of rubbish collected from Everest

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 01 10:25 PM

A cleanup team sent to Mount Everest has collected three tons of garbage in its first two weeks, officials said, in an ambitious plan to clean the world's highest rubbish dump. Read more »