About 500 climbers are already in Everest Base Camp. Hundreds more are on the way. The rope fixers have reached Camp 1 and ...

In 1984, a team including Hristo Prodanov completed the only repeat of the demanding West Ridge Direct route. Prodanov ...

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Department Director Liladhar Awasthi said permits were issued for expeditions to 29 peaks, including Everest. These include ...

IT takes most mountaineers at least 70 days to scale the world’s highest peak, as even the fittest athletes have to acclimatise their bodies to the deadly thin air on Mount Everest.  But ...

Preparing for the unthinkable When Vasanthi decided to trek to Everest Base Camp, many doubted her ... and covering 5-6 kilometers in the evening. “I needed to make sure I was physically ...

Her rigorous daily schedule consisted of three-hour morning walks, trekking boot training to build endurance, and evening treks covering 5-6 kilometres ... Her journey to Everest Base Camp was ...

A MOUNTAINEER from Henley is hoping to set the fastest time from London to the summit of Everest and back after first breaking the record three years ago. Garth Miller, 51, will attempt to get to the ...

Babar Ali has become the first Bangladeshi to reach the summit of Annapurna I, an 8,091-metre peak in the Himalayas.  He ...

Ben descending from the summit of Ama Dablam last year (Image: Ben Wright) He has been training for six months, doing lots of cardio and exerting himself while wearing a heavy backpack, even using a ...

Cheruveettil embarked on her journey from Surke, Nepal, on February 15, 2025, reaching the South Base Camp of Mount Everest at an altitude ... and evening treks covering 5–6 kilometres with ...