Kathmandu, Nepal — Famed Sherpa guide Kami Rita reached the summit of Mount Everest for the 31st time Tuesday, breaking his own record for the most climbs to the top of the world’s highest mountain. Kami Rita, 55, guided a group of clients to reach the summit in the early morning, according to Mingma Sherpa of […]
2 climbers die on Mount Everest; expedition organizers still deciding if and when bodies will be retrieved
An Indian and a Filipino climber have died while climbing Mount Everest, as hundreds of climbers are attempting to scale the world’s highest peak, expedition organizers said Friday. The Indian climber, identified as Subrata Ghosh, died on Thursday just below the 29,032-foot summit of the peak while he was returning from the top. The other […]
Woman dies trying to scale world’s 3rd-highest mountain; another climber rescued
A 63-year-old French climber has died trying to scale the world’s third-highest mountain, Kanchenjunga, the expedition’s organizer said on Monday, while British media reported a U.K. climber on the same peak was rescued. Margareta Morin died above Camp 4 of the 28,169-foot Himalayan mountain on Saturday. “She died due to health complications while ascending,” Yogendra […]