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It's the 'Most Audacious Ski Run in History'

Jim Morrison manages to descend the Hornbein Couloir

(Newser) - Outside Online calls it "perhaps the most impressive ski descent of all time"—one American Jim Morrison managed to achieve on Wednesday. The 50-year-old ski mountaineer completed a historic ski descent on Mount Everest's Hornbein Couloir after depositing the ashes of his late partner Hilaree Nelson...

Last Member of Pioneering Everest Expedition Dies
Last Member of Pioneering
Everest Expedition Dies
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Oct 16, 2025 1:24 PM CDT

Last Member of Pioneering Everest Expedition Dies

'A chapter of the mountaineering history has vanished with him'

(Newser) - Kanchha Sherpa, the only surviving member of the mountaineering expedition team that first conquered Mount Everest, died early Thursday, according to the Nepal Mountaineering Association. Kanchha died at age 92 at his home in Kathmandu, confirmed Phur Gelje Sherpa, the association president. "He passed away peacefully at his residence,...

Snowstorm Traps Hundreds on Everest
Hundreds of Hikers
Rescued at Everest
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Oct 8, 2025 12:00 AM CDT

Hundreds of Hikers Rescued at Everest

Sudden storm halted access and triggered closures

(Newser) - The hundreds of hikers, guides, and other staff stranded when a sudden storm struck the Chinese side of Mount Everest over the weekend are now safe. About 350 of the stranded, which included 580 hikers and more than 300 guides in total, had descended by noon Monday, and the rest...

He Just Went Up and Down Everest Like No One Before Him
He Just Went Up and Down
Everest Like No One Else Has
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Sep 28, 2025 6:42 AM CDT

He Just Went Up and Down Everest Like No One Else Has

Andrzej Bargiel completes first continuous oxygen-free ski descent of Everest

(Newser) - Polish mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel just pulled off a feat no one has managed before: climbing Mount Everest without using supplemental oxygen—and then skiing down it, also without bottled oxygen. Bargiel reached the 29,032-foot summit on Monday, then clicked into his skis and made his descent, documenting the...

Under New Mountain Ranking, Everest Falls to No. 46

Jut, which sees to measure grandeur, has Annapurna Fang as the most impressive peak

(Newser) - For centuries, the way we've ranked mountains has been all about elevation. But National Geographic reports on a new metric gaining traction, one that factors in a particular peak's sense of grandeur. It's called jut, the brainchild of a 23-year-old computer scientist. Kai Xu, now a...

With Everest's Pricetag at $15K, Nepal Frees Up 97 Mountains

With its eye on tourism, country opens up a slew of largely ignored peaks

(Newser) - It's not only dangerous to take a crack at summiting Mount Everest, it's an exclusive and pricey club to try to join. With permit fees set to hit $15,000 next month (a $4,000 hike, and the first in nearly a decade), the BBC reports that Nepal...

World's Top Everest Climber Is Going Back Up
World's Top Everest Climber
Breaks His Own Record
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May 27, 2025 12:30 AM CDT

World's Top Everest Climber Breaks His Own Record

Kami Rita completes ascent No. 31

(Newser) - Kami Rita summited Mount Everest for the 31st time Tuesday, breaking his own record for most ascents of the world's tallest peak. The famed Sherpa guide was in good health following the ascent and was descending along with the group he'd guided to the top, the AP reports....

They Used Xenon to Climb Everest at Warp Speed

It took 4 Brits less than 5 days, not weeks

(Newser) - Their history-making attempt on Everest was a success. The BBC reports four British men summited Everest early Wednesday, having completed the climb in roughly four days and 18 hours. They avoided the typical weekslong acclimatization period by using xenon gas two weeks prior to the climb. The attempt hinged on...

Climber Just Set Amazing Mount Everest Record

Kenton Cool extends record for non-Sherpa Everest ascents to 19

(Newser) - British mountaineer Kenton Cool on Sunday reached the summit of Mount Everest for a record-breaking 19th time, setting a new milestone for non-Sherpa climbers. Cool, a British mountain guide from southwest England, extended his own record for the most climbs by a non-Sherpa, the AP reports. Cool, 51, made...

They Want to Climb Everest in a Week—With a Xenon Boost

Furtenbach Adventures plans to help 4 men aim for record ascent using noble gas

(Newser) - Four former military friends from the UK are taking an unconventional shot at summiting Mount Everest in under a week, a feat that typically takes climbers a minimum of six weeks. Their edge? Inhaling the noble gas xenon ahead of the expedition, a method they say could help them...

Helicopter Rescue Saves Climber High on Mount Everest

Climber was airlifted from 24K feet, suspended from helicopter

(Newser) - A Czech climber was rescued from Mount Everest's Camp III on Wednesday after developing altitude sickness on his way down from the summit. According to expedition operator 8K Expeditions, the unidentified climber, part of a group that made it to the summit, that morning began showing symptoms while...

Coming to the Aid of Everest's Sherpas: Drones

Organizers hope the devices delivering supplies, removing waste will cut down on climbing fatalities

(Newser) - Climbing season at Mount Everest kicks off in full force next month, but Sherpas won't be the only ones helping mountaineers try for the summit. The New York Times reports that companies running expeditions up the world's highest peak have been testing out drones that will be able...

It Might Be the Riskiest Ski Line in Existence

Nobody has conquered the Hornbein Couloir on Mount Everest, as Outside reports

(Newser) - You've heard of skiers and you've heard of mountaineers, but a story at Outside looks at the much smaller subset of ski mountaineers. More specifically, it looks at what amounts to this community's holy grail—a route known as the Hornbein Couloir on the north face of...

A Century Later, Foot of Lost Everest Climber Provides a Clue

Andrew 'Sandy' Irvine tried, and possibly succeeded, at scaling the peak in 1924

(Newser) - The foot of a man who some believe may have been the first person to summit the world's highest peak has been discovered on Mount Everest. The discovery of the socked and booted foot on Central Rongbuk Glacier was made last month by a team filming a National Geographic...

Scientists Unravel Why Everest Keeps Growing
Scientists Unravel Why
Everest Keeps Growing
new study
Sep 30, 2024 1:50 PM CDT

Scientists Unravel Why Everest Keeps Growing

The merging of two ancient rivers set off an ecological chain reaction, study says

(Newser) - Scientists and those adept at trivia contests can tell you that Mount Everest stands at 29,032 feet. Give it enough time, however, and that answer will tick higher, and a new study in Nature Geoscience sheds new insight into why, reports the Guardian . It has to do with the...

Boiling Water, Axes Needed to Retrieve Everest's Dead

Team retrieves 5 bodies; hundreds more remain

(Newser) - Climate change is thinning snow and ice on the slopes of Mount Everest, unveiling the bodies of hundreds of people who died in quest of summiting the world's highest peak. Now comes the process of dealing with them—which, like the Everest climb, is neither easy nor cheap. As...

Did China Steal Bodies, Camera of Doomed Everest Climbers?

Mystery continues to swirl over fate of George Mallory and Andrew Irvine during their 1924 ascent

(Newser) - A century ago this week, George Mallory and Andrew "Sandy" Irvine began their attempt to reach the top of Mount Everest, an ill-fated expedition that would lead to the disappearance of both men. Whether they ever reached the summit is one of the greatest mysteries in world exploration—confirmation...

Climber Dies in Pursuit of an Everest Record

Joshua Cheruiyot Kirui hoped to be first African to reach summit without extra oxygen

(Newser) - The end of this year's climbing season on Mount Everest is approaching, and while some climbers have set records , several others have joined the long list of people who have died on the mountain. Among them is Joshua Cheruiyot Kirui, a 40-year-old banker from Kenya who had hoped to...

She Absolutely Smashed a Record Set on Everest

Nepali climber Phunjo Lama shaved serious time off fastest ascent by a woman

(Newser) - Two days after a man set a record on Everest , a woman claimed one, too. Nepali climber Phunjo Lama on Thursday broke the record for the fastest ascent of the mountain by a woman, in the process reclaiming a record she had lost in 2021. Lama went from base camp...

Everest Climber, Guide Go Missing on Descent

Daniel Paul Paterson and Pas Tenji Sherpa may be victims of an ice collapse

(Newser) - Everest may have claimed two victims on Tuesday. A 40-year-old British climber and his 23-year-old Sherpa guide are missing after an ice collapse near the summit, reports the Daily Beast . Daniel Paul Paterson and Pas Tenji Sherpa were descending after reaching the summit when a "cornice broke off and...

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