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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 »

Nepal losing out to China as Everest operators cross mountain

Annabel Symington, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 02 01:19 AM

Veteran climbing outfits, fed up with what they regard as a lax attitude to safety, are starting to shift operations to Everest's north side in Tibet. Read more »

Pinay, target maakyat lahat ng pinakamatataas na bundok sa mundo

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 04 03:39 PM

Tatangkain ng isang Pinay adventurer na maging kauna-unahang Pilipina na makaakyat sa lahat ng mga pinakamatataas na bundok sa buong mundo. Read more »

For safety's sake, Nepal bans solo climbers on Everest

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 30 10:31 PM

The government revised the law to make mountaineering safer and decrease deaths. Read more »

Philippine Everest conqueror sets sail for China

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 02 12:12 PM

MANILA - After conquering Mount Everest, Philippine adventurer Carina Dayondon is set to sail to China aboard a wooden replica of an ancient boat in the hopes of boosting national pride in a forgotten maritime prowess. Read more »

Nepal survey to re-measure Mount Everest begins

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 16 05:01 AM

Nepal wants to check if the height of the world's tallest peak was altered by an earthquake that struck the nation in 2015, the government has said.   Read more »

Indian police fire couple for faking Everest climb

Agence France Presse
Posted at Aug 08 05:21 PM

NEW DELHI - Two Indian police officers who falsely claimed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest last year have been sacked, authorities said Tuesday. Read more »

Pinoy boxing instructor airlifted off Everest: 'It was the closest call I've had'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 26 08:27 PM

Vince Velasco had to be airlifted off Mount Everest and rushed to a hospital after suffering from altitude sickness.  Read more »

Mount Everest death toll rises as rescuers find body

Paavan Mathema, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 23 01:50 AM

Rescuers on Everest found the body of a missing Indian climber on Monday, taking the toll from a deadly weekend on the world's highest peak to four. Read more »