Everest hikers guided to safety
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All of us are experienced hikers, but this blizzard was still extremely difficult to deal with,” one climber said.
Green Boots is one of the famous markings that is used by climbers as a marking during their path to the top. As per the name, it is a pair of bright green boots underneath a caved area on the mountain, but those boots are being worn by a man who has been stuck on Everest for nearly twenty years.
Hundreds of trekkers on the eastern face of Mount Everest are awaiting help after a severe blizzard trapped them on the slopes. Officials are racing against time and the weather to bring them to safety.
The bodies of four climbers who failed their Everest challenge and left little clue as to their identity have thrown up a new challenge for Nepalese authorities who control the world's tallest peak. More than 300 people have died on Everest since ...
A massive storm has moved in to Mount Everest at the busiest time of year for climbers, leaving dozens trapped at the highest base camp. Sherpa rescuers have found the bodies of four climbers inside a tent on the highest camp on Mount Everest, raising the ...
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Looking Back: The 1988 Ascent of Everest’s Southwest Face
In the autumn of 1988, a team of Slovak climbers set out to tackle Everest’s Southwest Face in alpine style. The groundbreaking climb ended in tragedy.
Mount Everest expedition operators are finding increasing numbers of climbers' dead bodies on the world's highest peak as high temperatures melt glaciers and snow. More than 200 mountaineers have died on the peak since 1922, when the first climbers' deaths ...