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Nepal cracks down on Everest climbs: only qualified mountaineers allowed after record deaths

Nepal is tightening access to Mount Everest by requiring climbers to summit a 7 000-metre mountain first, aiming to improve safety and reduce overcrowding.

Travel World
Bernelee Vollmer|Published

Top Slovak mountaineer dies in Nepal after historic ascent

A member of the Slovak national mountaineering team fell into a crevasse on Thursday.

News World
Michael Andisile Mayalo|Published

Nepali sherpa becomes world’s second person to scale Everest 26 times

A Nepali sherpa guide climbed Mount Everest for the 26th time on Sunday, hiking officials said, becoming the world’s second person to achieve the feat.

News World
Reuters|Published

‘You just see clouds as the sun rises’

OPINION: Tracy Duncan says her Mount Kilimanjaro journey was phenomenal.

News Politics Opinion
Opinion|Published