The peak of Mount Everest “stinks of poo” according to climbers who have recently made the perilous trip up the world’s highest mountain. Some have suggested that the mountain has become an “open toilet” due to the amount of human waste that
Scottish toddler Carter Dallas boy is thought to have become the youngest person to reach Everest base camp – despite his parents both being afflicted with altitude sickness. The two-year-old “climbed” to the south site in Nepal – located 17,598ft above sea
Mount Everest is most definitely the world’s tallest mountain above sea level. Its peak is 8,849 metres above the ocean, meaning it is the piece of land at the highest altitude on Earth. But if we’re talking on technical terms, Everest falls
Mars’ Olympus Mons is the largest volcano in the entire Solar System, towering above anything in the surrounding plains. Researchers believe it last erupted about 25 million years ago. Found in the Tharsis Montes region near the Martian equator, the volcano is
First responder recounts ‘bizarre’ southern Utah plane crash Meet the single mum of seven whose close brush with death inspired her to climb seven mountains and smash a Guinness World Record. Utah mum Jenn Drummond, 43, is lucky to be alive. She
Six people are dead after a helicopter carrying foreign tourists crashed near Nepal’s Mount Everest. Nepalese authorities said the helicopter crashed in the Lamajura area on Tuesday, and rescuers have recovered the bodies of all six passengers, according to a press release.
A helicopter carrying five tourists on a sightseeing trip to Mount Everest has gone missing. The helicopter was returning to the capital Kathmandu on Tuesday morning after bringing the five tourists on a sightseeing trip to the world’s highest peak when it
The race for the record to have successfully scaled Mount Everest the most number of times is still on. Sherpa guide Pasang Dawa, 48, plans to climb the 29,032-foot peak next year in an attempt to again match the record set by
Nepal’s government honored record-holding climbers Monday during celebrations of the first ascent of Mount Everest 70 years ago. The celebrations come amid a growing concern about temperatures rising, glaciers and snow melting, and weather being harsh and unpredictable on the world’s tallest
One of the greatest mountain guides said Thursday he’s not ready to retire after climbing Mount Everest for a record 28th time. Nepalese Sherpa Kami Rita reached the 29,032-foot summit of the world’s highest mountain on Tuesday, beating his own record less