# mount-everest - Thursday 13 May, 2021
# Mount Everest
# Mount Everest
On average, around five climbers die every year on the world’s highest peak.
# mount-everest - Tuesday 8 December, 2020
# On Top Of The World
# On Top Of The World
The new official height of the world’s tallest peak is 8,848.86 metres.
# mount-everest - Tuesday 22 September, 2020
# Nepal
# Nepal
Ang Rita was a national hero known as the ‘snow leopard”.
# mount-everest - Thursday 9 July, 2020
# Evening Sitdown
# Evening Sitdown
It’s a coronavirus-free zone as we bring you an interesting longread each evening to take your mind off the news.
# mount-everest - Saturday 21 March, 2020
# A Mountain To Climb
# A Mountain To Climb
Cormac Fitzgerald reports from Nepal on how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting Mount Everest ’s guides.
# mount-everest - Thursday 5 December, 2019
# Civil War
# Civil War
Historical records destroyed by fire at Dublin’s Four Courts at the beginning of the Irish Civil War have been restored digitally.
# mount-everest - Wednesday 21 August, 2019
# Nepal
# Nepal
The region receives over 50,000 tourists every year, including climbers and trekkers.
# mount-everest - Tuesday 28 May, 2019
# Christopher Kulish
# Christopher Kulish
About half a dozen climbers died on Everest last week, including two Irish men .
# mount-everest - Saturday 25 May, 2019
# Seamus Lawless
# Seamus Lawless
The family called off the search for Seamus Lawless yesterday evening.
# Nepal
# Nepal
Robin Fisher’s death follows that of Irishman Kevin Hynes who died yesterday.
# mount-everest - Friday 24 May, 2019
# RIP
# RIP
Séamus Lawless and Kevin Hynes have both died on the mountain.
# mount-everest - Thursday 23 May, 2019
# Seamus Lawless
# Seamus Lawless
An American and Indian climber have died on the mountain this week.
# mount-everest - Wednesday 22 May, 2019
# Seamus Lawless
# Seamus Lawless
Ravi Thakar (28) was found dead inside his tent at Everest Camp 4 last Friday.
# mount-everest - Sunday 19 May, 2019
# Seamus Lawless
# Seamus Lawless
Seamus Lawless went missing on the world’s highest mountain earlier this week.
# mount-everest - Saturday 18 May, 2019
# Appeal
# Appeal
Séamus Lawless went missing after reaching the summit of the mountain.
# mount-everest - Thursday 16 May, 2019
# Missing
# Missing
Seamus Lawless reportedly fell on the mountain at an altitude of 8,300m yesterday.
# mount-everest - Friday 15 February, 2019
# Campaign
# Campaign
The growing popularity of the mountain has lead to mounting levels of trash – and corpses.
# mount-everest - Monday 21 May, 2018
# World's Peak
# World's Peak
Nobukazu Kuriki was a solo climber who’d conquered other 8,000m peaks in Nepal.
# mount-everest - Monday 14 May, 2018
# Persistence
# Persistence
Xia Boyu had both his feet amputated after suffering frostbite during his first attempt at Everest in 1975.
# mount-everest - Sunday 30 July, 2017
# On Top Of The World
# On Top Of The World
Derek Mahon from Dublin climbed Mount Everest in 2014.
# mount-everest - Wednesday 24 May, 2017
# Death Toll
# Death Toll
These latest discoveries brings the death toll in recent days to 10.
# mount-everest - Monday 22 May, 2017
# Treacherous Conditions
# Treacherous Conditions
More than a dozen climbers have also been rescued from the mountain in the last three days.
# mount-everest - Saturday 13 May, 2017
# Peaking
# Peaking
The use of a hypoxic tent is becoming popular, but some climbers aren’t
# mount-everest - Saturday 6 May, 2017
# Mount Everest
# Mount Everest
The former soldier became the world’s oldest climber to summit Everest in 2008 when he was 76.
# mount-everest - Wednesday 25 January, 2017
# Molehill
# Molehill
It’s thought a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal in 2015 knocked an inch off the top of the world’s highest peak.
# mount-everest - Thursday 29 December, 2016
# Aplinism
From The42
# Aplinism
We take a look at mountaineering’s complicated relationship with doping.
# mount-everest - Monday 30 May, 2016
# Death Zone
# Death Zone
Robert Gropel and his wife Maria Strydom were climbing Mount Everest together earlier this month when she died.
# mount-everest - Monday 28 September, 2015
# Against The Odds
# Against The Odds
Nobukazu Kuriki lost nine fingers to frostbite in 2012 on Everest. He is the only climber trying to summit the world’s highest mountain this year.
# mount-everest - Saturday 18 July, 2015
# Take Charge
# Take Charge
It can be as simple as breathing in and breathing out.
# mount-everest - Wednesday 29 April, 2015
# Earthquake
# Earthquake
One Nepalese man was removed from the rubble after 82 hours. He said he survived by drinking his own urine.
# mount-everest - Monday 27 April, 2015
# Disaster
# Disaster
It’s the Himalayan nation’s deadliest disaster in more than 80 years.
# mount-everest - Sunday 26 April, 2015
# Search And Rescue
# Search And Rescue
Efforts are being made to contact some 50 Irish citizens in the quake-hit region.
# mount-everest - Friday 17 April, 2015
# Reflections
From The42
# Reflections
The Leeds legend and RTÉ pundit recalled his time at the helm of the Irish side on Off the Ball.
# mount-everest - Sunday 31 August, 2014
# Peaking It
# Peaking It
The best way to climb Everest is to do it fast,” says Adrian Ballinger.
# mount-everest - Monday 26 May, 2014
# CONQUERED
# CONQUERED
Derek Mahon from Dublin and Noel Hanna from County Down reached the mountain’s summit on Saturday.
# mount-everest - Tuesday 29 April, 2014
# Death Zone
# Death Zone
The deadly avalanche of 18 April led to labour dispute and a closure of the mountain route.
# mount-everest - Sunday 20 April, 2014
# Tragedy
From The42
# Tragedy
13 guides were killed and nine were plucked to safety after an ice avalanche smashed into their expedition on Friday.
# mount-everest - Friday 18 April, 2014
# News Fix
# News Fix
Everyone’s talking about Jill Meagher, pubs being closed, and disaster at Mount Everest .
# mount-everest - Monday 3 March, 2014
# Garbage Deep Mountain High
# Garbage Deep Mountain High
Each member of an expedition must bring back at least eight kilos of rubbish, apart from their own trash.
# mount-everest - Wednesday 29 May, 2013
# Legit
From The42
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