Tag: Mount Everest

This 13-year-old boy from Maharashtra's Pune has achieved the unthinkable! Something which kids of his age usually do not dare to!

It took him a month and 27 days to reach the summit of the Everest which stands at a height of 8,849 metres above sea level.

Inspirational! 7-Yr-Old Specially Abled Boy To Trek Mount Everest

Jajpur: Swarnalata Dalai is certainly an inspiration for hundreds of girls in Odisha as the 20-year-old tribal girl is now aiming to conquer Mount Everest, the highest mountain peak in the world. Poor economic condition of the family and other odds have not come in the way of Swarnalata who loves to dream big. She […]

Berhampur: Bikash Moharana of Ustapada village in Khallikote, Ganjam has brought pride to the State by climbing the 8,848 meter Mount Everest and hoisting the Tricolour atop it. Bikash, who works with the Indian Navy, climbed the Mount Everest along with 17 persons. However, only nine of them managed to reach the mountain peak. After […]

Cuttack: Mountaineer Kalpana Dash who was admitted to the SCB Medical following stomach pain has brought serious allegations against the doctor treating her at the premier state run hospital. Dash, the first Odia woman to climb Mount Everest in 2008, was admitted to SCB Medical on Monday night after complaining of stomach pain. She has […]

Cuttack: Mountaineer Kalpana Dash, the first Odia woman who scaled Mount Eeverest in 2008, has been admitted to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack last night following severe stomach ache. She is currently undergoing treatment at the Surgery ward of the State run government hospital. Her condition is stated to be critical by hospital […]

Kathmandu: Nepal has banned solo climbers from scaling its mountains, including Mount Everest, in an attempt to reduce accidents and make mountaineering safer. The new safety regulations also prohibit double amputee and blind climbers from attempting to reach the summit of the world’s highest peak, the BBC reported on Saturday citing a Nepal Tourism Board […]

Kathmandu: Nepal has banned solo climbers from scaling its mountains, including Mount Everest, in an attempt to reduce accidents and make mountaineering safer. The new safety regulations also prohibit double amputee and blind climbers from attempting to reach the summit of the world’s highest peak, the BBC reported on Saturday citing a Nepal Tourism Board official. […]

Kathmandu: The body of a 27-year-old Indian climber, who has been missing since Saturday on Everest, has been found after 36 hours of intense search. Ravi Kumar is the fifth person to die on Mt. Everest this season. With Kumar’s death, 45 people have lost their lives on the world’s highest peak in the last […]

Kathmandu: Indian climber Anshu Jamsenpa created mountaineering history on Sunday when she summitted Mount Everest twice in a span of five days. Anshu unfurled the Indian Tricolor on the mountain’s crest on May 16 at 9 a.m., and completed the feat for a second time at 7.45 a.m., on Sunday. She thus climbed the world’s […]

Itanagar: The first Indian woman to scale Mount Everest four times, Anshu Jamsenpa, will attempt a double ascent to climb the world’s highest peak for a fifth time, her husband Tsering Wange said on Wednesday. The Arunachal Pradesh mountaineer on Tuesday scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman to conquer the 8,848 feet Mount […]

Beijing: For the first time, China has launched a huge clean-up campaign across the high-altitude area of Mount Everest to remove the waste and debris left by hikers at campsites. The nine-day clean-up campaign by Tibet Autonomous Region across the world’s highest mountain, also known as Mount Qomolangma in local language, began on May 6. […]

New Delhi: Over 70 percent of the glacier volume in the Mount Everest region in the Himalayas could be lost in 85 years if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, a new research paper suggests. It also indicates more flood risk in the future in the Kosi river downstream from Nepal to India. The paper, […]

Kathmandu: A Nepalese Sherpa climber on Wednesday reached atop Mount Everest for the 23rd time, becoming the only mountaineer in the world to hold the record for most summits on the world’s highest mountain. According to Mingma Sherpa, Company Chairman at Seven Summit Treks, Kami Rita Sherpa, 49, from Thame village of Solukhumbu district successfully reached […]