Mount Everest

$20M Everest Fraud in Nepal: Guides Poisoned Climbers

Apr 2, 2026

Nepalese authorities have uncovered a massive $20 million insurance fraud ring in which Mount Everest guides deliberately poisoned climbers to orchestrate expensive helicopter rescues. The guides reportedly laced tourists' food…

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Hundreds Rescued After Snowstorm On Mount Everest

Oct 6, 2025

About 350 of 1,000 people stranded on the eastern slope of Mount Everest in Tibet after a snowstorm have been rescued, while contact has been made with more than 200 others, Chinese media reported. Rescue teams and local villagers…

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Nepali Sherpa Kami Rita Sets Everest Record with 31st Ascent

May 27, 2025

Kami Rita, a 55-year-old Sherpa from Nepal, has climbed Mount Everest for the 31st time, breaking his own world record. He reached the 8,849-meter summit on Saturday, continuing a climbing streak that began in 1994. Known for…

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Trapped Climber Rescued on Mount Everest

Jun 1, 2023

Gelja Sherpa, a Nepali climber, found a Malaysian climber wearily clinging to the ropes in an area called the "death zone" on Mount Everest, where the temperature is -30 degrees Celsius. The mountaineer, who had been waiting for 6 hours,…

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Mexican mountaineer plays organ on the Mount Everest’s peak

May 21, 2022

19-year old Mexican mountaineer Juan Diego Martinez Alvarez has climbed to the Mount Everest, becoming the youngest Mexican mountaineer to reach the peak. In addition to this record, Alvarez played the organ at the peak of Everest. Those…