Tag: #Climbing season
Articles tagged with #Climbing season
The Everest Industry
Despite government efforts to spread out expeditions, the world’s highest mountain was the main draw in Spring 2025
Peak climbing season, 2025
Nepali mountaineering numbers have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels as government raises climbing fees
Where have all the mountaineers gone?
Mt Everest sees a dramatic drop in expeditions this spring season, no one seems to know why
Peak climbing season in Nepal
A record number of climbers are attempting Nepal’s Himalayan peaks this autumn, and the renewed interest is due to the backlog of expeditions…
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…
“I can do it 25 times”
Pic: Gopen RaiKami Rita Sherpa (pictured above) broke the previous record by climbing Mt Everest for the 22nd time this week.“The country needs…
New records, oxygen failure on Everest
It is that time of the year again when all eyes are on top of the world, with mountaineers and Sherpa guides making their final push to the…