The Latest Breaking News from Everest

Nurse cycling 3,200 miles to every children’s hospice in UK for charity

She will cycle over 3,200 miles to 54 children’s hospices in a bid to raise more than £500,000.

The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2022

Nepal to move Everest base camp amid global warming fears

Researchers have warned that the glacier is losing 9.5 million cubic metres of water per year

Evening Standard · Jun 17, 2022

Seven-year-old girl scales Everest base camp

MOHALI: At seven, Saanvi Sood, a Class II student of Yadavindra Public School, Mohali became the youngest person to scale the Everest base camp. She reached the summit on June 9. For the young mountaineer, this is the precursor to higher peaks.

The Times of India · Jun 13, 2022

‘Will re-attempt to scale Mt Everest without supplementary oxygen’

JAMSHEDPUR: On May 13 this year, 38-year-old Asmita Dorjee, a mountaineer from the city, became the first Indian woman to reach the South Summit (8745m) of Mount Everest without using supplementary oxygen.

The Times of India · May 31, 2022

From the slopes of Mount Everest to the streets of Hobart: The humble puffer jacket turns 100

On the slopes of Mount Everest 100 years ago, New South Welshman George Finch revealed his latest invention to his fellow adventurers — the puffer jacket.

ABC News · May 31, 2022

The story of the Glasgow RAF pilot who became the first man to fly over Mount Everest

In 1933, Lord Clydesdale, as he was known, flew higher than anyone before him to complete the first flight over Mount Everest, using a fragile biplane with an open cockpit.

Glasgow Live · May 29, 2022

Dad from Oldham becomes 'first' British Muslim to climb Mount Everest... all whilst fasting for Ramadan

"I don't think it's sunk in yet"

Manchester Evening News · May 29, 2022

Western climbers rush to Himalayan peaks as Nepal reboots tourism

Ukraine’s Antonina Samoilova unfurled her country’s flag on Mount Everest earlier this month as Nepal opened its mountains to foreign climbers and set up a new airport to boost its lifeline tourism business which went into deep freeze during the pandemic.

Radio France Internationale · May 29, 2022

Neil Fachie reveals why plans to climb Mount Everest fell through for the happiest of reasons

EVEREST will need to wait. Neil Fachie’s bold decision to climb the world’s tallest mountain fell through for the happiest of reasons earlier…

The National (Scotland) · May 29, 2022

Ex-soldier summits Everest after going back down twice to save dying climbers

Les Binns, 48, from Rotherham, South Yorks, lost his eye when the blast from an IED caught him in the face during a tour of Afghanistan in 2009 - now he has summited Everest

Daily Mirror · May 27, 2022