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“If the ice is gone, we are done”
Climate change has been melting the ice even high on Mt Everest, exposing rock and making it more difficult to climb. Photo: DAMIEN FRANÇOIS /…
Remembering John Nankervis 1946-2022
New Zealand climber John Nankervis who died last week.When I bring Nank to mind we are always laughing, often uncontrollably. He is crouched…
Edinburgh store comes full circle to Nepal
In the heart of Edinburgh near the Church of St John the Evangelist is One World Shop, a modest-looking store that sells goods from all over the…
What next for Reinhold Messner?
In Nepal visit, mountaineering legend ponders life after all the legendary climbs are done
Spring returns to Nepal’s mountaineering
The summit of Mt Everest taken in 2019 by Karma Tenzing. In the foreground is the remnant of the Hillary Step that came down during the 2015…
Peak performance
Kalpana Maharjan summits Mt Everest from the north.In November of 2014, Kalpana Maharjan was trudging up to the base camp of Mera Peak at an…
Conquering the self
For former drug abuser turned Everest summiteer, it has been a lifelong expedition against addiction
All-Nepali winter first on K2
First photo of the Nepalis on the summit of K2 at 5pm on 16 January. Sona Sherpa on the top with the conical shadow of the mountain behind him.…
Alpine style in the Himalaya
In a week when Mt Everest grew by nearly one metre, we lost Doug Scott who with Dougal Haston was the first to scale the formidable southwest…
Alpine style in the Himalaya
In a week when Mt Everest grew by nearly one metre, we lost Doug Scott who with Dougal Haston was the first to scale the formidable southwest…
The Climate Smart Great Himalayan Trek
It has been eight years since a group of hikers and a dog walked across Nepal to promote tourism and highlight the climate crisis
Nepal: a family’s destination
Nepal offers a range of real adventure experiences that appeals to all ages, something for everyone
Nepal’s female guides prepare for trekking season
Eighty women enrolled in the Nepal Mountain Academy’s training for trekking guides this year, more than double the number last year. No doubt…
Nims Purja fans react to criticism of climb
Fans of Nirmal Purja, who this week completed his goal of climbing all the world’s 14 highest mountains in a record-shattering 6 months, have…
Nims Purja does it
Photo: NIMAL PURJA/TWITTERNepal’s Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja has performed an extraordinary and unprecedented feat of climbing all the world’s 14th…
Tales from roads less travelled
In By the Way of the Border: Travels around the frontiers and beyuls of Nepal, Maximillian Mørch tells the story of not just Nepal’s mountains…
Everest Postmortem
Illustration: SUBHAS RAIEver since the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India determined that the world’s tallest mountain was Peak XV located on…
Adventures in Robert Macfarlane’s Aboveworld and Underland
Photo: DAMIEN FRANCOISCamping on the glacier, the snow fell softly all night, making the tent sag. But by dawn the stars were out when we set…
Overkill on Everest
Last week, a government panel set up after this spring’s fatalities on Mt Everest were blamed on overcrowding recommended that permits be issued…
Nirmal Purja on his viral Everest photo
Nirmal Purja Magar of Myagdi is attempting to set a record by climbing all 14 mountains above 8,000m in 7 months. To date, he summitted…
Because we are there
Photo: DAMIEN FRANCOISSomehow I knew I would be back to try to climb Mt Everest this spring for my fifth attempt. I was at Base Camp on 18 April…
Crowd-funding from Mt Everest
South West face of Mt Everest. Photo: Billi BierlingImagine if a 22-seater Twin Otter flying an expedition from Kathmandu to Lukla packed 60…
Not just another book on Everest
It is perfect that Everest: Reflections on the Solu Khumbu should come out this year, the centenary of Edmund Hillary’s birth. The book is a…
Why we climb mountains
All photos: DAMIEN FRANCOISMountaineers have been asked why they climb mountains for as long as big mountains have been climbed. But for…