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Kami Rita, whose father was among the first Sherpa guides, first scaled Everest in 1994 and has been making the trip nearly every year since.
The formation may already have lost around 55 metres of thickness in the last 25 years.
On average, around five climbers die every year on the world’s highest peak.
The new official height of the world’s tallest peak is 8,848.86 metres.
Ang Rita was a national hero known as the ‘snow leopard”.
It’s a coronavirus-free zone as we bring you an interesting longread each evening to take your mind off the news.
Cormac Fitzgerald reports from Nepal on how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting Mount Everest’s guides.
Historical records destroyed by fire at Dublin’s Four Courts at the beginning of the Irish Civil War have been restored digitally.
The region receives over 50,000 tourists every year, including climbers and trekkers.
About half a dozen climbers died on Everest last week, including two Irish men .
The family called off the search for Seamus Lawless yesterday evening.
Robin Fisher’s death follows that of Irishman Kevin Hynes who died yesterday.
Séamus Lawless and Kevin Hynes have both died on the mountain.
An American and Indian climber have died on the mountain this week.
Ravi Thakar (28) was found dead inside his tent at Everest Camp 4 last Friday.
Seamus Lawless went missing on the world’s highest mountain earlier this week.
Séamus Lawless went missing after reaching the summit of the mountain.
Seamus Lawless reportedly fell on the mountain at an altitude of 8,300m yesterday.
The growing popularity of the mountain has lead to mounting levels of trash – and corpses.
Nobukazu Kuriki was a solo climber who’d conquered other 8,000m peaks in Nepal.
Xia Boyu had both his feet amputated after suffering frostbite during his first attempt at Everest in 1975.
Derek Mahon from Dublin climbed Mount Everest in 2014.
These latest discoveries brings the death toll in recent days to 10.
More than a dozen climbers have also been rescued from the mountain in the last three days.
The use of a hypoxic tent is becoming popular, but some climbers aren’t
The former soldier became the world’s oldest climber to summit Everest in 2008 when he was 76.
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.
We take a look at mountaineering’s complicated relationship with doping.
Robert Gropel and his wife Maria Strydom were climbing Mount Everest together earlier this month when she died.
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.
It can be as simple as breathing in and breathing out.
One Nepalese man was removed from the rubble after 82 hours. He said he survived by drinking his own urine.
It’s the Himalayan nation’s deadliest disaster in more than 80 years.
Efforts are being made to contact some 50 Irish citizens in the quake-hit region.
The Leeds legend and RTÉ pundit recalled his time at the helm of the Irish side on Off the Ball.
The best way to climb Everest is to do it fast,” says Adrian Ballinger.
Derek Mahon from Dublin and Noel Hanna from County Down reached the mountain’s summit on Saturday.
The deadly avalanche of 18 April led to labour dispute and a closure of the mountain route.
13 guides were killed and nine were plucked to safety after an ice avalanche smashed into their expedition on Friday.
Everyone’s talking about Jill Meagher, pubs being closed, and disaster at Mount Everest.