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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 »

'Changing outdoors was no joke': Pinay wears red gown at Everest base camp

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 30 08:45 PM

She had an idea: to raise the Philippine flag while wearing a bright red gown at the base camp of Mount Everest, dangerously low temperatures and all.  Read more »

Life after death: Sherpa widows eye Everest to fight taboo

Annie Banerji and Gopal Sharma, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Apr 22 11:04 AM

KATHMANDU - Two Nepali Sherpa women hope to conquer Mount Everest next month, finishing off the job their husbands started in a bid to empower fellow widows and prove there is life after death. Read more »

27-year-old Pinay mountaineer dreams of scaling Mount Everest

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 26 06:34 PM

A Filipina mountaineer is hoping to follow in the footsteps of Carina Dayondon, Noelle Wenceslao, and Janet Belarmino by setting her sights on scaling Mount Everest. Read more »

China bans non-climbers from Mount Everest base camp

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 15 10:53 PM

China has banned tourists from accessing its Mount Everest base camp in Tibet amid an ongoing campaign to clean up trash in the mountainous region, said state media Friday. Read more »

World's highest ER battles to save lives on Everest

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 01 01:07 PM

The doctors staffing the sole emergency room on the roof of the world battle high altitude, freezing conditions and violent weather every climbing season to save the lives of sick and injured mountaineers.  Read more »

Nepal preps for busy year as hundreds cleared to climb Everest

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 26 09:59 PM

Rapid growth in the climbing industry has accompanied complaints of overcrowding and fears that inexperienced mountaineers could run into trouble. Read more »