The Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC) has announced the successful completion of route fixing through the Khumbu Icefall, marking the official opening of the 2025 Everest climbing season.
KATHMANDU: With the start of main climbing season, an eight-member team of icefall doctors today left for the Mt Everest base camp from Namche Bazaar to fix a climbing route up to Camp II in the world ...
The serac is part of the Khumbu Icefall, a constantly shifting glacier with deep crevasses and huge overhanging ice that can ...
The 2024 Mount Everest climbing season was delayed due to crumbling ice in the Khumbu Icefall. The Khumbu Icefall is one of the most dangerous obstacles to cross on the path to Everest's summit. As ...
Bijaya Ghimire, a high-altitude worker from Nepal, collapsed and died while ascending the Khumbu Icefall. Ghimire broke caste ...
Members of an expedition team hike at Khumbu Icefall on April 22. A block of ice above the icefall disrupted work for two weeks. - Photo: Reuters KATHMANDU: Nepali guides on Tuesday (April 28) opened ...
A dramatic high-altitude moment captured on Mount Everest shows a climber carefully balancing across a ladder suspended over ...
Sherpas cannot prepare the route to the world's highest peak because a huge block of ice is in the way.
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU, April 28 (Reuters) - A group of Sherpa climbers have opened the route to Mount Everest that had been blocked for two weeks by chunks of ice and a giant serac, allowing ...