Jim Whittaker, first American to summit Mount Everest, dies aged 97 ○
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The lifelong outdoors advocate and former president of retailer REI returned to Everest decades later with his son.
13 days ago
Everest poisoning scandal: Guides 'secretly lace climbers' food to trigger costly helicopter rescues' as part of £15million insurance scam ⊖
Guides taking tourists up and down Mount Everest have allegedly been secretly lacing climbers' food to trigger costly helicopter rescues as part of a pervasive £15million insurance sca
16 days ago
‘The highs are extremely high – but the lows are extremely low’: when working out becomes an addiction ○
Pushing yourself to the limit, training through injury and choosing the gym over socialising are all signs that you may have an unhealthy reliance on exercise
At the peak of his adventuring career, L…
52 days ago
Who is Amanda Holden's sister Debbie? Star's glamorous younger sibling lives jet set lifestyle and survived a brush with death at Mount Everest ⊕
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
There is only a year between the siblings - who bear a strong resemblance to each other - Amanda is 55 and her sister is 54.
56 days ago
Amateur climbers will be banned from scaling Mount Everest to put off selfie-hunting influencers as 'extreme tourism' craze fuels overcrowding ⊖
Mountaineers will now have to prove they have climbed a 7,000 metre peak before attempting the world's tallest mountain.
3 months ago
The world's highest garbage dump: Rubbish collection scheme on Mount Everest is scrapped after dishonest climbers found ways to cheat the system ⊖⊖
A scheme to encourage climbers to bring rubbish down from Mount Everest has been scrapped, after dishonest mountaineers found ways to cheat the system.
Nepal to scrap 'failed' Mount Everest waste deposit scheme ⊖
Under the scheme, climbers paid a $4,000 deposit that was returned if they brought 8kg of waste down the mountain.
4 months ago
England keep sights on rugby’s Everest in relentless climb to game’s summit | Robert Kitson ⊕⊕
Beating the All Blacks shows how far Steve Borthwick’s men have come – but there remains yet more room for improvement
After finally scaling Mount Everest with Tenzing Norgay on 29 May 1953 the first …
5 months ago
Tony Foster: Painting at the Edge review – going deep in the quest for extreme landscape painting ⊕
At 79, the British artist is still skirting real peril, questing across the planet to depict the unspoiled vastnesses shown to grand effect here
Travelling with Tony Foster comes with a disclaimer. Ac…
Kanchha Sherpa, last member of first Mount Everest expedition, dies at 92 ○
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a story from Al Jazeera 🚨 › Al Jazeera English
Kanchha Sherpa helped Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary summit Everest in 1953.