A missing Sherpa guide has survived an extraordinary ordeal after spending six days alone on Mount Everest in freezing conditions. Frostbitten and severely weakened, he managed to crawl back into Everest Base Camp, leaving rescuers and fellow climbers stunned by his survival. The incident highlights the extreme dangers faced by climbers in high-altitude expeditions on the world’s highest peak and has sparked renewed focus on safety in Himalayan climbs.


How Dawa Sherpa Cheated Death On The World's Highest Peak

Nima Rinji Sherpa, an 18-year-old mountaineer from Nepal, has officially conquered all 14 of the world's 8,000-meter peaks. He is the youngest to do it. The record was previously held by another Nepali climber, who achieved it in 2019, at the age of 30.

Nepali Becomes Youngest To Climb World's 8,000m Peaks

Mount Everest is earth's tallest mountain which currently stands at around 29,000 feet. The climb to Mt. Everest is not as easy as it looks. The high altitude of the region causes the oxygen levels to decrease, making it harder for breathing. Technical skills like using fixed ropes, ice axes, and crampons are required for this journey.

Climbing Mount Everest To Become More Difficult?

The climb of Mount Everest should have started at least by the first week of April, but this year there has been a long delay as the route leading to the world's tallest peak wasn't ready for at least two weeks. Extremely dangerous conditions at Khumbu Icefall forced rope fixers to carve out a different route. Here is a report of how this season looks like for all the climbers.

Khumbu Icefall delays Everest climbing season

A record-breaking mountaineer has refuted allegations that her team walked over the frozen dead body of a porter to reach the K2 summit in Pakistan and become the fastest climber in the world to scale all peaks above 8,000 metres.

Record-breaking mountaineer refutes reports of climbing over porter's dead body to scale K2

A Norwegian woman remains on course to climb the world’s 14 “super peaks” in the shortest time ever, her Instagram account said, after she summitted Pakistan’s Broad Peak, the ninth mountain on her quest.

Norwegian woman summits ninth mountain in pursuit of 'super peaks' record

Rescuers are searching for two foreigners who went missing while trekking in Nepal's northern district of Rasuwa, near the Tibetan border, since the past 10 days, the police said on Wednesday.

2 foreign trekkers missing in northern Nepal

An American girl scaled "The Nose" of El Capitan in California's Yosemite National Park last week. Ten-year-old Selah Schneiter was climbing the big boulder mountain with her father Mike Schneiter, and his good friend Mark Regier.

10-year-old American girl climbs 'The Nose' of El Capitan in Yosemite Park

For generations, climbing has been firmly the realm of men among the legendary Sherpas of Nepal, tradition dictating women care for the home while their husbands conquer the Himalayan peaks.

Sherpa widows breaking down taboos as they eye Everest

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