Mount Everest climbers must now rent and wear a tracking device on their journeys to cut down time on search and rescue missions, CNN reported. Rakesh Gurung, Nepal’s tourism department director, is quoted as telling the news outlet that a climber will pay $10 to $15 for a chip, which will be sewn into their … Read more
Climbers ascending Mount Everest will be expected to collect their poop in doggy bags and carry their waste back to base camp, according to new regulations from local officials as they attempt to address a long-festering littering problem on the world’s tallest peak. Local officials with Khumbu Pasanglhamu Rural Municipality, the body that governs most … Read more
BERLIN — Two Czech climbers were rescued Tuesday from Austria’s highest mountain after holding out in a shelter for two nights as high winds prevented helicopters from getting to them. The two men, ages 25 and 39, informed authorities on Sunday evening that they had been injured by a rockfall on the north face of … Read more
PADANG, Indonesia — The bodies of 11 climbers were recovered Monday a day after a furious eruption of the Mount Marapi volcano as Indonesian rescuers searched for 12 apparently still missing. Marapi has stayed at the third highest of four alert levels since 2011, a level indicating above normal volcanic activity and prohibiting climbers or … Read more
ISLAMABAD — An investigation has been launched into the demise of a Pakistani porter close to the height of the world’s most treacherous mountain, a Pakistani mountaineer mentioned Saturday, following allegations that dozens of climbers keen to succeed in the summit had walked previous the person after he was gravely injured in a fall. The … Read more
KATHMANDU, Nepal — Because the mountaineering group prepares to have a good time the seventieth anniversary of the conquest of Mount Everest, there may be rising concern about temperatures rising, glaciers and snow melting, and climate getting harsh and unpredictable on the world’s tallest mountain. For the reason that 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) mountain peak was first … Read more