Extreme sports

Thailand-based fitness coach dies after collapsing at Hyrox event in Bangkok

Fitness coach Leroy Saunders, 41, owned IAOT CrossFit in Bangkok.

Pakistan search team reaches base camp with body of renowned climber Nirmal Purja

British-Nepali climber Nirmal Purja was leading a team of mountaineers attempting to scale Broad Peak when an avalanche struck on July 30.

Nepal mountaineers mourn ‘lost generation’ in Pakistan avalanche

A candlelight vigil in held in Kathmandu on Aug 4 in memory of the 10 climbers killed in an avalanche on Pakistan’s Broad Peak.

Bodies of 4 climbers found near northern Pakistan avalanche site: Police

Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja served with Britain’s Brigade of Gurkhas.

‘We blacked out’: Instructors charged after student’s death in fatal Brazil bridge rope jump

A screengrab off a video shows three men hoisting and throwing 21-year-old student Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas off a bridge without a safety rope.

With good weather and internet access, record number of climbers scale Everest

Climbers and officials said that a wide summit window – a period of stable weather that allows safe attempts – contributed to a surge of successful ascents.

Briton Kenton Cool makes record Everest climb as climbing season’s death toll rises to 5

British climber Kenton Cool, 49, smiles while he speaks with the media personnel, upon his arrival at the airport, as he returns after completing his 17th ascent of Mount Everest, which is the most by any foreign climber, in Kathmandu, Nepal May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

Bodies of 4 missing Italian divers found in undersea Maldives cave

Members of the Maldivian military prepare to search for four Italian divers who drowned inside an underwater cave.

Nepal vows action against trekker rescue scam

A helicopter flies with rescue team in front of the Annapurna mountain range, in Pokhara, some 200 km west of Kathmandu on January 22, 2020.

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