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Watch: On Dangerous K2 Mountain Where Dad Died, Pakistan Climber Now Cleans Garbage
Two years ago Sajid was attempting a perilous winter ascent of K2 with his father and two foreigners when illness forced him back.
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Kilimanjaro To Everest, Kerala Man's Quest To Climb World's Highest Peaks
Some years back, he did not even think of having a passport or visiting foreign shores. Buyt last year, 36-year-old Shaikh Hassan Khan from Kerala scaled Mount Everest and in 2021, he climbed Kilimanjaro.
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Russian Climber Pavel Kostrikin Dies Trying To Scale Mount Everest
Russian climber Pavel Kostrikin died at Camp I of Mount Everest, the first reported death of a foreigner on the world's highest peak in the current climbing season that began in March.
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Two Foreign Climbers Die On Mount Everest: Expedition Agency
Two climbers from the United States and Switzerland have died on Mount Everest, becoming the first fatalities of this year's season, expedition organisers in Nepal said Thursday.
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Bodies Spotted In Search For 8 Missing Climbers In Nanda Devi: Report
A helicopter searching for eight climbers including seven foreigners missing on India's second-highest peak spotted bodies on Monday, a military source said.
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Search Ops Begin As Foreign Climbers Go Missing On Way To Nanda Devi Peak
An eight-member team of mountaineers, including seven foreign nationals, has gone missing on its way to Nanda Devi East peak in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh district.
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77 Indian Hikers On Their Way To Mount Everest Peak
As spring's climbing season kicks in, 41 teams of Nepali and foreign climbers, including 77 Indian hikers, have embarked on a three-month expedition on Tuesday to reach the world's highest peak - Mount Everest.
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World's Highest Emergence Room Battles To Save Lives On Everest
Countless foreign climbers who have run into trouble on Everest's unforgiving slopes have been saved from the brink by the rudimentary clinic since it was set up 15 years ago. But the ER has served a higher purpose: providing affordable medical care for Nepali Sherpas, the guides who are the backbone of the lucrative Everest industry.
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Nepal Extends Everest Permits For Climbers Put Off By Earthquakes
Nepal has extended the climbing permits of hundreds of foreigners forced to abandon the Himalayas after last year's twin earthquakes, the government said today, to encourage them to return to the mountains.
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Pakistan Climber Massacre Suspect Escapes Police Raid
A key suspect in the 2013 massacre of foreign climbers in Pakistan is on the run after he hurled grenades at officers who were pursuing him, injuring 10 of them, officials said Tuesday.
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Indian Army Everest Team Pulls Out Bodies of 19 Foreign Climbers
An Indian Army Everest Expedition team has helped pull out the bodies of 19 foreign climbers from the Everest camp. The team was training at the Base Camp at Everest when a massive temblor hit Nepal on Saturday, triggering an avalanche that buried their equipment. The Indian Army team is safe.
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Nepal Opens Up 104 New Himalayan Peaks for Climbing
Nepal has opened 104 more mountain peaks for climbers, including two named after the conquerors of Mount Everest, hoping more foreign climbers come to the Himalayan country, a tourism official said Thursday.
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Nepal opens peaks named after Hillary, Tenzing to foreign climbers
Nepal has named two Himalayan peaks near Mount Everest after Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and opened them to foreigners for climbing.
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Climbers Back on Everest After Avalanche Disaster
Two foreign mountaineers have returned to Everest after a deadly avalanche effectively ended the climbing season, flying by helicopter partway up the peak before starting their ascent, an official said Tuesday.
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The Irresistible Lure of Pakistan's 'Killer Mountain'
Gunmen shot dead 10 foreign tourists at its base camp last year, but for serious mountaineers, the allure of Pakistan's "killer mountain" remains irresistible.
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Watch: On Dangerous K2 Mountain Where Dad Died, Pakistan Climber Now Cleans Garbage
Two years ago Sajid was attempting a perilous winter ascent of K2 with his father and two foreigners when illness forced him back.
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Kilimanjaro To Everest, Kerala Man's Quest To Climb World's Highest Peaks
Some years back, he did not even think of having a passport or visiting foreign shores. Buyt last year, 36-year-old Shaikh Hassan Khan from Kerala scaled Mount Everest and in 2021, he climbed Kilimanjaro.
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Russian Climber Pavel Kostrikin Dies Trying To Scale Mount Everest
Russian climber Pavel Kostrikin died at Camp I of Mount Everest, the first reported death of a foreigner on the world's highest peak in the current climbing season that began in March.
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Two Foreign Climbers Die On Mount Everest: Expedition Agency
Two climbers from the United States and Switzerland have died on Mount Everest, becoming the first fatalities of this year's season, expedition organisers in Nepal said Thursday.
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Bodies Spotted In Search For 8 Missing Climbers In Nanda Devi: Report
A helicopter searching for eight climbers including seven foreigners missing on India's second-highest peak spotted bodies on Monday, a military source said.
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Search Ops Begin As Foreign Climbers Go Missing On Way To Nanda Devi Peak
An eight-member team of mountaineers, including seven foreign nationals, has gone missing on its way to Nanda Devi East peak in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh district.
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77 Indian Hikers On Their Way To Mount Everest Peak
As spring's climbing season kicks in, 41 teams of Nepali and foreign climbers, including 77 Indian hikers, have embarked on a three-month expedition on Tuesday to reach the world's highest peak - Mount Everest.
-
World's Highest Emergence Room Battles To Save Lives On Everest
Countless foreign climbers who have run into trouble on Everest's unforgiving slopes have been saved from the brink by the rudimentary clinic since it was set up 15 years ago. But the ER has served a higher purpose: providing affordable medical care for Nepali Sherpas, the guides who are the backbone of the lucrative Everest industry.
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Nepal Extends Everest Permits For Climbers Put Off By Earthquakes
Nepal has extended the climbing permits of hundreds of foreigners forced to abandon the Himalayas after last year's twin earthquakes, the government said today, to encourage them to return to the mountains.
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Pakistan Climber Massacre Suspect Escapes Police Raid
A key suspect in the 2013 massacre of foreign climbers in Pakistan is on the run after he hurled grenades at officers who were pursuing him, injuring 10 of them, officials said Tuesday.
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Indian Army Everest Team Pulls Out Bodies of 19 Foreign Climbers
An Indian Army Everest Expedition team has helped pull out the bodies of 19 foreign climbers from the Everest camp. The team was training at the Base Camp at Everest when a massive temblor hit Nepal on Saturday, triggering an avalanche that buried their equipment. The Indian Army team is safe.
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Nepal Opens Up 104 New Himalayan Peaks for Climbing
Nepal has opened 104 more mountain peaks for climbers, including two named after the conquerors of Mount Everest, hoping more foreign climbers come to the Himalayan country, a tourism official said Thursday.
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Nepal opens peaks named after Hillary, Tenzing to foreign climbers
Nepal has named two Himalayan peaks near Mount Everest after Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and opened them to foreigners for climbing.
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Climbers Back on Everest After Avalanche Disaster
Two foreign mountaineers have returned to Everest after a deadly avalanche effectively ended the climbing season, flying by helicopter partway up the peak before starting their ascent, an official said Tuesday.
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The Irresistible Lure of Pakistan's 'Killer Mountain'
Gunmen shot dead 10 foreign tourists at its base camp last year, but for serious mountaineers, the allure of Pakistan's "killer mountain" remains irresistible.
