Mount Everest

Unseasonably heavy snowfall from cyclone winds halts Everest tourism in Nepal, Tibet

A screen capture from video shows trekkers leaving their campsite, as unusually heavy snow and rainfall pummeled the Himalayas, in the Tibet Region, China, October 5, 2025. Geshuang Chen/Handout via REUTERS

Two foreign climbers die in Nepal after expeditions to Ama Dablam mountain

Mount Ama Dablam, which stands approximately 6800 meters above sea level, is seen behind Khumjung Village in Solukhumbu District April 30, 2014. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

Last member of the first successful Everest expedition dies

Mr Kancha Sherpa was a member of the 1953 Mount Everest expedition which placed Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary on the summit of the world's highest mountain.

All stranded Everest hikers evacuated from remote Tibetan valley

Tibetan firefighters rescue trekkers from Everest after they were stranded by a blizzard, in Tingri, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, in this screen grab taken from a video released on October 6, 2025. Tibet Firefighting Department/Handout via REUTERS

Evacuation of stranded Everest trekkers set to wrap up on Oct 7

Tibetan firefighters rescue trekkers from Everest after they were stranded by a blizzard. via Tibet Firefighting Department

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Oct 6, 2025

A displaced Palestinian child stands in front of tents used as temporary in the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Oct 5.

Hundreds of trekkers escape from blizzard-struck Everest in Tibet

A screengrab from video shows trekkers leaving their campsite, as unusually heavy snow and rainfall pummeled the Himalayas, in the Tibet Region, China, Oct 5.

Poland’s Andrzej Bargiel first man to ski down Mount Everest without oxygen tank

A video posted on Mr Andrzej Bargiel's Facebook account showed him sliding down a thick layer of snow.

Drones airlift 300kg of Mount Everest’s garbage; they also deliver climbing gear

A man operates a heavy-lift drone to clear trash dumped at the Everest Base Camp.

Nepal waives climbing fees for some peaks to draw mountaineers

FILE PHOTO: Mountaineers practice walking on a ladder during a training session at Everest base camp, Nepal April 15, 2025. REUTERS/Purnima Shrestha/File Photo

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