Woman Climber

Phunjo Lama spent three weeks acclimatizing before her record-breaking push, joined by her climbing partner Samantha McMahon.

Nepali climber Phunjo Lama on Thursday reached Everest's summit in 14 hours and 31 minutes, smashing the record for the world's fastest ascent of the mountain by a woman.

Ms Liu was brutally trolled online for her behaviour. However, the two kind-hearted climbers urged people to show tolerance and stop abusing her.

A 59-year-old Indian climber, aiming to set a new world record of becoming Asia's first woman on a pacemaker to scale Mt Everest, died on Thursday after falling sick at the base camp of the world's highest peak in Nepal.

Baljeet Kaur, the 27-year-old Indian woman climber who was rescued on Tuesday after she went missing near Camp IV of Mt Annapurna in Nepal, has suffered frostbite, an official said.

Baljeet Kaur, a 27-year-old leading Indian woman climber was found alive today, a day after she went missing near Camp IV of Mt Annapurna while descending from the summit point, an official of the expedition organiser said.

Baljeet Kaur, a 27-year-old leading Indian woman climber, went missing near Camp IV of Mount Annapurna while descending from the summit point, an official of the expedition organiser said today.

A 27-year-old Indian woman on Thursday set a record for conquering two mountain peaks in Nepal above 8,000 metres within two weeks.

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.

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.

Priyanka Mohite from Satara in western Maharashtra has scaled Mt Annapurna, the 10th highest mountain peak in the world, becoming the first Indian woman climber to achieve the feat.

A Polish climber died on Nepal's Mount Manaslu, the world's eighth highest peak, expedition organisers said Sunday -- the first fatality of the autumn climbing season.

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.

Efforts to rescue a Polish man and a French woman stuck on a treacherous peak in northern Pakistan known to mountaineers as "Killer Mountain" are set to begin on Saturday, officials said.

Anshu Jamsenpa, a 38-year-old Indian climber who made the fastest double ascent of Mount Everest and became the first woman to reach the highest point on earth twice in five days, says she will now turn her attention to smaller unclimbed peaks.

Phunjo Lama spent three weeks acclimatizing before her record-breaking push, joined by her climbing partner Samantha McMahon.

Nepali climber Phunjo Lama on Thursday reached Everest's summit in 14 hours and 31 minutes, smashing the record for the world's fastest ascent of the mountain by a woman.

Ms Liu was brutally trolled online for her behaviour. However, the two kind-hearted climbers urged people to show tolerance and stop abusing her.

A 59-year-old Indian climber, aiming to set a new world record of becoming Asia's first woman on a pacemaker to scale Mt Everest, died on Thursday after falling sick at the base camp of the world's highest peak in Nepal.

Baljeet Kaur, the 27-year-old Indian woman climber who was rescued on Tuesday after she went missing near Camp IV of Mt Annapurna in Nepal, has suffered frostbite, an official said.

Baljeet Kaur, a 27-year-old leading Indian woman climber was found alive today, a day after she went missing near Camp IV of Mt Annapurna while descending from the summit point, an official of the expedition organiser said.

Baljeet Kaur, a 27-year-old leading Indian woman climber, went missing near Camp IV of Mount Annapurna while descending from the summit point, an official of the expedition organiser said today.

A 27-year-old Indian woman on Thursday set a record for conquering two mountain peaks in Nepal above 8,000 metres within two weeks.

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.

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.

Priyanka Mohite from Satara in western Maharashtra has scaled Mt Annapurna, the 10th highest mountain peak in the world, becoming the first Indian woman climber to achieve the feat.

A Polish climber died on Nepal's Mount Manaslu, the world's eighth highest peak, expedition organisers said Sunday -- the first fatality of the autumn climbing season.

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.

Efforts to rescue a Polish man and a French woman stuck on a treacherous peak in northern Pakistan known to mountaineers as "Killer Mountain" are set to begin on Saturday, officials said.

Anshu Jamsenpa, a 38-year-old Indian climber who made the fastest double ascent of Mount Everest and became the first woman to reach the highest point on earth twice in five days, says she will now turn her attention to smaller unclimbed peaks.