An Indian mountaineer who was forced to turn back before summiting Mount Everest said on Monday (May 27) that the lack of trained guides and delays on the crowded route up the 8,850-metre (29,035 feet) summit were key factors in the spate of deaths on the mountain.

Mount Everest climb became a 'death race' says Indian mountaineer

After scaling Mount Kilimanjaro, a 20-year-old man from Ibrahimpatnam village in Telangana's Ranga Reddy district has now reached the peak of Mount Everest. While his financial condition was not good, Amogh Tukaram was interested in climbing mountains since he was 17 years old and hence took financial assistance from few Telangana officials and went ahead to climb Mount Everest.

20-year-old Telangana man scales Mount Everest

The deaths of an Irish and a British climber on Mount Everest took the toll from a deadly week on the world's highest peak to 10, expedition organisers said Saturday.

Deaths of British, Irish climbers add to Everest toll

Three Indians died on Mount Everest due to hours-long "traffic jam", just days after expedition leaders and the Nepal government claimed overcrowding on the world's tallest mountain was not a worry.

Three Indian climbers died due to traffic jam on Mt. Everest

A huge queue of climbers has formed near the summit of Mount Everest as expedition organisers Thursday reported two more deaths on the world's highest mountain. More than 200 climbers were taking advantage of clear weather on Wednesday to attempt to summit from both Nepal and China, but teams had to line up for hours to reach the top -- risking frostbite and altitude sickness.

'Traffic jam' on Everest as two more climbers die reaching summit

Only last week Nepali mountain guide Kami Rita Sherpa set a new record by climbing Everest a 24th time. On Tuesday for good measure he did it again, expedition organisers said.

Nepal's Kami Rita Sherpa climbs Mount Everest for 24th time, creates record

An Indian mountaineer was among 14 climbers who successfully scaled the world's highest peak Mount Everest on Monday, officials said. Seven foreign mountaineers from China, Greece and India, and seven Nepalese Sherpas reached atop the 8848-metre peak on Monday morning, according to the Mountain Division of Ministry of Tourism.

Indian climber Pranay Bandbuch among 14 who scaled Mount Everest

Two Indian climbers, including an Indian Army soldier, have died and another has gone missing in Nepal after one of them successfully scaled the world's highest peak, Mount Everest, the expedition organiser said Friday, days after two mountaineers from the country perished in the Himalayan nation.

Two more Indian mountaineers die, another missing in Nepal

Commandos of India's premier counter-terror force NSG on Thursday created history as they scaled the Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, in their maiden attempt, a senior official said.

India's counter-terror NSG commandos scale Mount Everest

An eight-member team of Nepali mountain guides on Tuesday successfully scaled the Mount Everest, becoming the season's first team to open the climbing route to the world's highest peak.

Eight climbing guides reach Everest top, open climbing route for this season

The tented city at the foot of Mount Everest is bustling as mountaineers brace for potentially the busiest year yet on the world's highest peak, prompting concerns about overcrowding and safety.

Everest braces for record year amid overcrowding fears

Around five tons of garbage has been collected from Mount Everest during a clean-up campaign launched by the Nepalese authorities with the help of the army since mid-April.

Five tons of garbage collected from Mount Everest

The winds of cyclone Fani were felt hundreds of miles away from where it hit the eastern coast in India, after nearly 20 tents set up at the Everest Base Camp were blown off on Friday.

Cyclone Fani blows off 20 tents at Everest base camp

A total of 3,000 kg of solid waste has been collected from the Mount Everest region since the beginning of the Nepal government-backed Sagarmatha Cleaning Campaign on April 14, a leading daily of the Himalayan country has said.

Sagarmatha campaign: 3,000 kg garbage collected from Mount Everest in 15 days

A Malaysian climber rescued after two nights in the open on one of the world's most treacherous mountains is fighting for his life in critical condition, his doctor said on Friday.

Malaysian climber rescued over Nepal's Mount Annapurna in dramatic operation

Three renowned professional alpinists are missing and presumed dead after an avalanche in Canada`s Rocky Mountains, Parks Canada said on Thursday. Climbing media named the men as American Jess Roskelley, 36, and Austrians David Lama, 28, and Hansjörg Auer, 35, saying they were killed after attempting to climb a challenging route on Howse Peak in Banff National Park.

Three world-class climbers presumed dead in Canadian avalanche

At least three people were killed and four injured when a small plane veered off the runway while taking off and hit two parked helicopters at Lukla airport in Nepal's Everest region on Sunday, officials said.

3 killed, 4 injured in Nepal plane crash near Mount Everest

Nepal will send a dedicated team to Mount Everest this climbing season to collect garbage and retrieve bodies littering the world's highest peak, officials said Thursday.

Nepal to send team to clean Mount Everest

Nepal on Wednesday deployed a team to find out the height of the world`s highest peak, Mount Everest. This comes after speculations regarding shrinking of Mount Everest`s height started floating after Nepal was hit by a devastating earthquake measuring 7.

Nepal initiates survey to measure height of Mt. Everest

The internet was all praises for Indian mountaineer Arunima Sinha, who became the first woman amputee to climb Mount Vinson, the highest peak in Antarctica. The national-level volleyball player posted a tweet on Wednesday announcing her big victory.

Arunima Sinha becomes first woman amputee to scale Mount Vinson, Internet overwhelmed

A team of 30 people has cleared about 5.2 tonnes of household waste, 2.3 tonnes of human faeces, and one tonne of mountaineering trash in the cleanup by Tibetan mountaineering officials, the state-run Global Times said

In 2 months, China cleans up 8.5 tonnes of garbage from Everest: Report

It took almost 45 days for the teams to climb the Everest.

'Your tears will freeze': BSF team recalls scaling the Everest for record seventh time

Damai Sarki Sherpa, 37, was helping a foreign climber to a rescue helicopter at Everest's Camp Two when he slipped and fell more than 60 metres.

Sherpa dies on Everest, fourth fatality in one month

Shivangi said that she inspired by Arunima Sinha, who was the first Indian amputee to scale the nearly 29,000 ft peak

Shivangi Pathak becomes youngest woman to scale Mt Everest

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