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‘The mountain deserves better’: Everest’s highest campsite drowning in waste; video triggers debate

June 02, 2026 6:52 pm

Sharing the video, a X page dedicated to Everest expeditions, criticised the state of the campsite.

At 43, polio-affected IITian successfully completes arduous trek to Everest Base Camp

May 09, 2024 8:14 pm

Abhishek does not need a caliper but he faces challenges with weak quadriceps in his left leg and weak hamstrings in his right.

Six-year-old Arishka Laddha becomes youngest to scale Mount Everest Base Camp; 'It was an impromptu decision', says her mum

May 11, 2023 1:50 pm

Arishka and her mother began their journey on April 8, 2023 and travelled the entire distance in 15 days while donning seven layers of clothing at a temperature ranging from minus 3 to minus 17 degrees.

'We saw the sun rise from under our feet': Everest Twins Tashi and Nungshi Malik

October 07, 2021 12:11 pm

The Malik sisters are among the 400+ women from across the world who have taken on the 'Women Peak Challenge' in Switzerland, where they are representing India

Everest avalanche: Rescue plane reaches Kathmandu with injured mountaineers

April 26, 2015 1:27 pm

Two light helicopters shuttled the injured from base camp to a lower altitude, from where they could be evacuated back to the capital, emergency officials at Kathmandu airport said.

Fallacy of the pay-per-climb

March 26, 2014 1:36 am

All this after Nepal’s big plans to minimise congestion.

Seven-year-old Indian becomes youngest to reach Everest base camp

May 23, 2012 2:01 pm

Reaching the base camp below Mt. Everest is considered one of the arduous tasks on earth.

7-year-old-boy treks Everest base camp

May 21, 2012 10:11 pm

Aaryan Balaji trekked to the Everest Southern Base Camp on May 13.

Nepalese-Canadian woman dies on Everest,two climbers missing

May 21, 2012 2:49 pm

Two climbers have already died in the Everest in this season.

Over 2000 stranded near Everest base camp,weather hits rescue

November 05, 2011 8:26 pm

Authorities had to close the only airstrip serving Lukla due to bad weather.

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Nepal quake triggers avalanche, Everest base camps wrecked

April 27, 2015 11:04 am

The Saturday avalanche is being said as the deadliest disaster in the history of mountaineering on the world's highest peak.

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