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Mount Everest

Foreign mountaineers to be permitted to climb Mount Everest from China after 4-year hiatus

Apr 7, 2024

For the first time since the onset of the pandemic, China has opened access to Mount Everest via Tibet to foreign climbers. Adrian Ballinger, an experienced climber who has conquered Everest eight times, favours the Tibet route over the…
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As Climate Change Threatens Mount Everest, ‘Save Our Snow’ Campaign Begins

May 30, 2023

Amidst climate change threatening Mount Everest, the Earth's tallest mountain, leading mountain bodies and mountain partnerships have launched a campaign called "Save Our Snow" to preserve Earth's snow and ice before it is too late. With…
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10-year-old Mumbai girl Rhythm Mamania climbs Mount Everest base camp

May 23, 2022

Surely a great accomplishment for 10-year-old skater Rhythm Mamania from Mumbai as she became one of the youngest Indian mountaineers to climb the Everest base camp. The national-level artistic skater completed the trek in 11 days. Her…
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Mount Everest’s Highest Glacier Rapidly Losing Ice: Study

Feb 5, 2022

Ice on a glacier near the summit of Mount Everest that took millennia to form has shrunk dramatically in the last three decades due to climate change, a new study has shown. The South Col formation may already have lost around 55 metres…
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