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Mount Everest Crowded And Dirty, Needs Respect

Kanchha Sherpa, a member of the first Everest expedition, expresses concerns over crowding and pollution on the sacred mountain, highlighting the environme...

Top News · Mar 2, 2024

How New Zealand’s story in a million pictures was almost lost forever

Rescued by an American gallery, a trove of photos depicting pivotal scenes in modern New Zealand is now being auctioned and sold to institutions

The Guardian - AU · Jan 10, 2024

King holds audience marking 70th anniversary of Mount Everest ascent

Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first men to reach the summit in 1953.

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2023

Six-year-old climbing 12 mountains for ‘poorly children’ takes on final hike

Oscar Burrow is to climb Ben Nevis on May 29.

The Independent UK · May 26, 2023

Bravery, triumph and more than 300 deaths - 70 years of climbing Mount Everest

Monday marks 70 years to the day that Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay made history and conquered the world's highest peak - and in the decades since, hundreds have followed in their footsteps

Daily Mirror · May 26, 2023

70 years after the first ascent of Everest, the impact of mass mountaineering must be confronted

Mountains – their height, their mass, their climates and ecosystems – have fascinated humans for thousands of years. But there is one that holds extra-special meaning for many – Mount Everest, or Chomolungma as the Nepalese Sherpa people call it.

The Conversation · May 25, 2023

Inside the world of Nepal's misunderstood Sherpas

The tiny village of Kurima, deep in the forested mountains that lie below Mount Everest, has been home to Sherpa families for generations. But tourism and development have put the traditional Sherpa culture at risk.

ABC News · Mar 4, 2023

Empires of ice: how Edmund Hillary’s Antarctic adventure 65 years ago helped loosen NZ’s colonial ties to Britain

When the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition ended on March 2, 1958, it marked what many called the last great adventure possible on Earth: an overland crossing of the Antarctic continent.

The Conversation · Mar 1, 2023

Six-year-old's climbing mission to scale 12 mountains in UK to help ‘poorly children go on holiday’

Oscar Burrow hopes to complete the challenge by May 29, the day Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers to reach Mount Everest's summit

Wales Online · Jan 25, 2023

Six-year-old climbing 12 mountains in UK to help ‘poorly children go on holiday’

Oscar Burrow hopes to complete the challenge by May 29 – the day Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay summited Everest 70 years ago.

The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2023