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Nepal's Kami Rita Climbs Mount Everest For A Record 30th Time
Nepali Sherpa climber and guide Kami Rita Sherpa on Wednesday morning again set out a world record with the 30th summit of Mount Everest, a record number by a single person.
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French Climber Dies After Climbing World's 5th Highest Peak In Nepal
A French climber died on Mount Makalu, the world's fifth-highest peak, expedition organisers said Tuesday, the second fatality of this year's spring climbing season and both on the same mountain.
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Nepal's Top Court Puts Cap On Number Of Everest Climbers
Nepal's Supreme Court has ordered the government to limit the number of mountaineering permits issued for Everest and other peaks, a lawyer confirmed Friday, just as expeditions prepare for the spring climbing season.
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Poo Bags, Trackers: Nepal Orders New Rules For Everest Mountaineers
Nepal has ordered Everest mountaineers to carry mandatory trackers after one of the deadliest seasons last year -- and remove their excrement using compostable bags similar to those used for dog waste.
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Mount Everest Climbers Asked To Bring Their Poop To Base Camp. Here's Why
Climbers will need to purchase "poop bags" at the base camp. These bags will be "checked upon their return".
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Nepalese Climber Kami Rita Sets New Record For 'Most Climbs Of 8,000 Metres'
Nepal's veteran summiteer Kami Rita Sherpa has made a new record for the 'Most Climbs of 8,000 metres', as he scaled 8,000ers 42 times, an official said.
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Nepali Climber Scales Mount Everest 28th Time, Creates New Record
A Nepali sherpa reached the summit of Mount Everest for a record 28th time today, an official said, completing his second ascent in just a week, as the toll in this year's climbing season reached 11.
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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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Nepali Climber Dies On Mount Everest, Was Found In A Sitting Position
A Nepali climber who summited Mount Everest several times has died on the peak, expedition organisers said Friday, the first fatality on the world's highest mountain this climbing season.
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'Harder Than Everest': Record-Breaking Woman Climber Stranded In Nepal
Hong Kong resident Tsang Yin-Hung, who made the fastest ascent of Mount Everest by any woman, and dozens of other mountaineers from China are unable to get out of Nepal because of COVID-19 restrictions imposed by Beijing, they said.
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Chinese Climber Becomes First Blind Asian To Scale Mount Everest
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.
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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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Bring Back Your Empty Oxygen Tanks, Everest Climbers Are Urged
Nepal is so short of oxygen canisters that it has asked climbers on Mount Everest to bring back their empties instead of abandoning them on mountain slopes, an official said on Monday, as it struggles with a second wave of the coronavirus.
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China To Set Up "Separation Line" On Mount Everest Over Covid Fears
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.
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Nepal Bans 3 Indian Climbers For Faking 2016 Everest Summit
Nepal on Wednesday revoked the Everest summit certificates of two Indian climbers for faking their 2016 ascent, and banned them and their team leader from mountaineering in the country for six years, officials said
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Nepal's Kami Rita Climbs Mount Everest For A Record 30th Time
Nepali Sherpa climber and guide Kami Rita Sherpa on Wednesday morning again set out a world record with the 30th summit of Mount Everest, a record number by a single person.
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French Climber Dies After Climbing World's 5th Highest Peak In Nepal
A French climber died on Mount Makalu, the world's fifth-highest peak, expedition organisers said Tuesday, the second fatality of this year's spring climbing season and both on the same mountain.
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Nepal's Top Court Puts Cap On Number Of Everest Climbers
Nepal's Supreme Court has ordered the government to limit the number of mountaineering permits issued for Everest and other peaks, a lawyer confirmed Friday, just as expeditions prepare for the spring climbing season.
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Poo Bags, Trackers: Nepal Orders New Rules For Everest Mountaineers
Nepal has ordered Everest mountaineers to carry mandatory trackers after one of the deadliest seasons last year -- and remove their excrement using compostable bags similar to those used for dog waste.
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Mount Everest Climbers Asked To Bring Their Poop To Base Camp. Here's Why
Climbers will need to purchase "poop bags" at the base camp. These bags will be "checked upon their return".
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Nepalese Climber Kami Rita Sets New Record For 'Most Climbs Of 8,000 Metres'
Nepal's veteran summiteer Kami Rita Sherpa has made a new record for the 'Most Climbs of 8,000 metres', as he scaled 8,000ers 42 times, an official said.
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Nepali Climber Scales Mount Everest 28th Time, Creates New Record
A Nepali sherpa reached the summit of Mount Everest for a record 28th time today, an official said, completing his second ascent in just a week, as the toll in this year's climbing season reached 11.
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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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Nepali Climber Dies On Mount Everest, Was Found In A Sitting Position
A Nepali climber who summited Mount Everest several times has died on the peak, expedition organisers said Friday, the first fatality on the world's highest mountain this climbing season.
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'Harder Than Everest': Record-Breaking Woman Climber Stranded In Nepal
Hong Kong resident Tsang Yin-Hung, who made the fastest ascent of Mount Everest by any woman, and dozens of other mountaineers from China are unable to get out of Nepal because of COVID-19 restrictions imposed by Beijing, they said.
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Chinese Climber Becomes First Blind Asian To Scale Mount Everest
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.
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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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Bring Back Your Empty Oxygen Tanks, Everest Climbers Are Urged
Nepal is so short of oxygen canisters that it has asked climbers on Mount Everest to bring back their empties instead of abandoning them on mountain slopes, an official said on Monday, as it struggles with a second wave of the coronavirus.
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China To Set Up "Separation Line" On Mount Everest Over Covid Fears
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.
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Nepal Bans 3 Indian Climbers For Faking 2016 Everest Summit
Nepal on Wednesday revoked the Everest summit certificates of two Indian climbers for faking their 2016 ascent, and banned them and their team leader from mountaineering in the country for six years, officials said
