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Around 500 Climbers, Including 4 Indians, Conquered Mt Everest in 2023
Official data showed that since 1953's Hillary-Norgay summit, around 7,000 mountaineers have successfully scaled Mt Everest.
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"I Cried Like A Baby": Ex-Nepalese Soldier With Artificial Legs Who Scaled Everest
The 44-year-old mountaineer scripted a world record as he became the world's first double above-the-knee amputee to summit the 8,848.86-metre peak on May 20.
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Arunachal Mountaineer Is First Indian Woman To Scale Everest This Year
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju congratulated Tashi Yangjom on Saturday for successfully scaling Mt Everest and becoming the first Indian woman climber to summit the world's highest peak this year.
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Nepal Bans 3 Indian Climbers For 6 Years For Fake Everest Summit: Report
Nepal has banned two Indian climbers and their team leader from carrying out any mountaineering expeditions in the country for six years after a probe found that they faked their Mt Everest summit in 2016, according to a media report on Thursday.
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Is Everest Shrinking? Nepal's Mission To Measure World's Tallest Mountain
When Khim Lal Gautam reached the top of Mount Everest at 3 a.m. on May 22, it was dark, windy and lethally cold. Gautam carried some unusual baggage - a ground-penetrating radar and a top-of-the-line satellite navigation device. Unlike most climbers, he and his team remained at the summit for nearly two hours so they could take the measurements the...
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Ghaziabad-Based Mountaineer Scales Mount Everest
A Ghaziabad-based mountaineer, Sagar Kasana, has scaled Mount Everest, the world's highest peak. He unfurled the Indian flag at the summit at 10.15 a.m. on May 22, his father Ajab Singh Kasana said. He will return home on June 1.
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Indian Woman, 55, Dies On Everest After Queue Of Climbers Delays Descent
A huge queue of climbers has formed near the summit of Mount Everest as expedition organisers Thursday reported two more deaths on the world's highest mountain.
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"Traffic Jam" On Mount Everest As 200 Trekkers Attempt To Reach Summit
Mt Everest, the world's highest peak, on Wednesday witnessed a traffic-jam like situation as over 200 mountaineers attempted to reach the summit point, a media report said on Wednesday.
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This Is How A Man Plans To Clean Up 14 Tons Of Feces From Mt Everest
Every year, some 1,200 people make a mad dash for the summit of Mount Everest during the climbing season that begins in May - taking on the arduous, often congested route to the world's highest peak that most will not complete and some will not survive.
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Two Indian Women Mountaineers Scale Mt Everest
Two Indian women mountaineers, aged in their 20s, and an instructor of the Tata Steel Adventure Foundation (TSAF) have successfully climbed the summit of the Mount Everest.
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Australian Breaks World Record With Everest Summit
An Australian climber reached the top of Mount Everest Monday, becoming the fastest person to summit the highest mountain on each of the world's seven continents.
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Chinese Double Amputee Finally Summits Everest, Decades After First Bid
A Chinese climber who lost both legs to frostbite on Everest four decades ago finally reached the summit Monday, just months after the revocation of a controversial ban on double amputee climbers attempting the world's highest peak.
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Pune: All civilian-All Pune expedition leaves for Mt Everest
In a first of sorts, a 20-member all Civilian team of mountaineers has left the city to scale Mount Everest, the world's highest summit, embarking on an ambitious 70-day expedition.
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Adam Parore finally climbs Mt Everest
He failed in his first attempt, but former New Zealand cricketer Adam Parore was successful the second time around as he reached the summit of Mount Everest despite running out of oxygen and "freaking out" several times on his way up.
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Edmund Hillary's ashes to be placed on Mt Everest
Plans to place the ashes of Mt Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary on the summit of the world's tallest mountain next week were welcomed on Saturday by the New Zealander's family and friends.
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Around 500 Climbers, Including 4 Indians, Conquered Mt Everest in 2023
Official data showed that since 1953's Hillary-Norgay summit, around 7,000 mountaineers have successfully scaled Mt Everest.
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"I Cried Like A Baby": Ex-Nepalese Soldier With Artificial Legs Who Scaled Everest
The 44-year-old mountaineer scripted a world record as he became the world's first double above-the-knee amputee to summit the 8,848.86-metre peak on May 20.
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Arunachal Mountaineer Is First Indian Woman To Scale Everest This Year
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju congratulated Tashi Yangjom on Saturday for successfully scaling Mt Everest and becoming the first Indian woman climber to summit the world's highest peak this year.
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Nepal Bans 3 Indian Climbers For 6 Years For Fake Everest Summit: Report
Nepal has banned two Indian climbers and their team leader from carrying out any mountaineering expeditions in the country for six years after a probe found that they faked their Mt Everest summit in 2016, according to a media report on Thursday.
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Is Everest Shrinking? Nepal's Mission To Measure World's Tallest Mountain
When Khim Lal Gautam reached the top of Mount Everest at 3 a.m. on May 22, it was dark, windy and lethally cold. Gautam carried some unusual baggage - a ground-penetrating radar and a top-of-the-line satellite navigation device. Unlike most climbers, he and his team remained at the summit for nearly two hours so they could take the measurements the...
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Ghaziabad-Based Mountaineer Scales Mount Everest
A Ghaziabad-based mountaineer, Sagar Kasana, has scaled Mount Everest, the world's highest peak. He unfurled the Indian flag at the summit at 10.15 a.m. on May 22, his father Ajab Singh Kasana said. He will return home on June 1.
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Indian Woman, 55, Dies On Everest After Queue Of Climbers Delays Descent
A huge queue of climbers has formed near the summit of Mount Everest as expedition organisers Thursday reported two more deaths on the world's highest mountain.
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"Traffic Jam" On Mount Everest As 200 Trekkers Attempt To Reach Summit
Mt Everest, the world's highest peak, on Wednesday witnessed a traffic-jam like situation as over 200 mountaineers attempted to reach the summit point, a media report said on Wednesday.
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This Is How A Man Plans To Clean Up 14 Tons Of Feces From Mt Everest
Every year, some 1,200 people make a mad dash for the summit of Mount Everest during the climbing season that begins in May - taking on the arduous, often congested route to the world's highest peak that most will not complete and some will not survive.
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Two Indian Women Mountaineers Scale Mt Everest
Two Indian women mountaineers, aged in their 20s, and an instructor of the Tata Steel Adventure Foundation (TSAF) have successfully climbed the summit of the Mount Everest.
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Australian Breaks World Record With Everest Summit
An Australian climber reached the top of Mount Everest Monday, becoming the fastest person to summit the highest mountain on each of the world's seven continents.
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Chinese Double Amputee Finally Summits Everest, Decades After First Bid
A Chinese climber who lost both legs to frostbite on Everest four decades ago finally reached the summit Monday, just months after the revocation of a controversial ban on double amputee climbers attempting the world's highest peak.
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Pune: All civilian-All Pune expedition leaves for Mt Everest
In a first of sorts, a 20-member all Civilian team of mountaineers has left the city to scale Mount Everest, the world's highest summit, embarking on an ambitious 70-day expedition.
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Adam Parore finally climbs Mt Everest
He failed in his first attempt, but former New Zealand cricketer Adam Parore was successful the second time around as he reached the summit of Mount Everest despite running out of oxygen and "freaking out" several times on his way up.
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Edmund Hillary's ashes to be placed on Mt Everest
Plans to place the ashes of Mt Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary on the summit of the world's tallest mountain next week were welcomed on Saturday by the New Zealander's family and friends.
