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Hundreds of trekkers escape from blizzard-struck Everest in Tibet

Rescuers guide trekkers to safety after heavy snowfall traps them in remote Karma Valley

Published 06 Oct, 2025 09:06am

World

Almost 1,000 trapped on Tibetan side of Mount Everest by blizzard

Rescue teams battle snow at 4,900 metres; weather chaos hits both sides of Himalayas

Published 05 Oct, 2025 05:10pm

World

Sky high cleanup: Drones join climbers in Everest waste removal effort

Company tests drone on nearby mountain and clears 641kg of waste

Published 26 Aug, 2025 02:51pm

World

Nepal increases permit fee for Everest climbers

About 300 permits are issued annually for Everest

Published 22 Jan, 2025 12:12pm

Life & Style

Remains of climber Andrew Irvine believed found on Everest after 100 years

More than 300 people have perished on the mountain since expeditions started in the 1920s

Published 12 Oct, 2024 12:03am

Sports

Mount Everest: Kenyan mountaineer found dead after being missing

Attempting to summit Everest without supplementary oxygen

Published 23 May, 2024 04:16pm

Sports

Nepal’s ‘Everest Man’ claims record 29th summit

Sherpa first summited the 8,849-metre peak in 1994 when working for commercial expedition

Published 12 May, 2024 04:01pm

Life & Style

Naila Kiani makes history by scaling all of Pakistan’s 8,000 metre peaks

She has now climbed a total of 8 of the world's 14 8,000ers

Published 20 Jul, 2023 11:30am

Pakistan

Mountaineer Sajid Sadpara summits Broad Peak without supplementary oxygen

Sadpara has now climbed all five eight-thousanders in Pakistan

Published 19 Jul, 2023 09:33pm

Sports

Pakistani mountaineer races rivals, hunts funds to chase summit record

Kashif is the youngest to climb both of the world's two highest mountains

Published 10 Jul, 2023 01:09pm

Sports

Relive Memon’s Everest summit as he becomes first person from Sindh to do so

He became only the eighth Pakistani to scale the world's tallest peak

Published 23 May, 2023 11:34am

World

Nepali mountaineer climbs Everest for record 27th time

Nepal is home to eight of the world’s 10 highest peaks

Published 17 May, 2023 11:10am

Sports

Naila Kiani summits Mount Lhotse in Nepal

She scaled Mount Everest on Sunday

Published 16 May, 2023 11:33am

Sports

Naila Kiani, Sajid Sadpara make history at Mount Everest

Sadpara becomes first Pakistani to climb the world’s high peak without the aid of supplemental oxygen

Published 15 May, 2023 11:22am

Sports

Norwegian climber sets her sights on 14 peaks record

Kristin Harila has climbed six mountains over 8,000m high in the last two months

Published 12 Jun, 2022 12:33pm