Nepalese Sherpa climbs Everest for record 19th time

It is not once , not twice but nineteen times.A Napalese Sherpa climbed Highest peak of the world 19 times. He is on mission to clean the garbage dumped by the mountaineers.What anybody achieves by conquering the...

Mountain Fund Sew4Good event on National Day of Service

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is also the US National Day of Service.  According to MLKDay.gov, more than 13,000 people chose to celebrate by volunteering, doubling last year's number. The Mountain Fund had its...

9-year-old rock climber's act of kindness

This is a piece of news which, as a non-profit organization, really means a lot to us. Timmy Dolan, a 9-year-old from Boulder, CO, found The Mountain Fund in an internet search.  Timmy is a competitor in the...

Snow capped Everest turning into rocky mountain

The glacier cover in mountain regions worldwide has decreased significantly in recent years as a result of warming trends, according to a latest report   conducted by  the International Center...

US climber scales Everest for 10th time

An American national David Hahn, 46, of Taos, New Mexico, have become the first non Nepalese climber to reach Mount Everest for tenth time. The record for largest number of climbs of the world's highest mountain is held by Appa, a Sherpa guide who earlier this month...

Sherpa makes record 18th Everest summit

A Nepalese Sherpa had broken his own records of scaling everest maximum time. He was holding the record of climbing 17th time and now today he again scaled the peak and set a new record. " A veteran Sherpa guide scaled Mount Everest for a record 18th time Thursday,...

Sherpa first to climb Everest from Nepal this season

Climbers have succeded in reaching to the peak of Mount Everest for this season. Total of 9 people from US, Canada & UK have reached the summit today morning. All expeditions from Tibet side is closed so...

What is Sniper’s Role at Mount Everest?

Wired reports that climbers on Mount Everest’s south side are surreptitiously blogging a standoff with Nepalese soldiers ahead of China’s Olympic torch run on the opposite side of the mountain next...

World pays last respects to Everest conqueror Hillary

"Sherpas, mountaineers and a grateful nation mourned Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary at a state funeral Tuesday, more than half a century after he first stood on the roof of the world. Thousands of mourners...

Everest Conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary Dies

The first man to climb Mount Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary, has died at his home in New Zealand. He was 88.  "On the mountain, the first assault team that tried to reach the 8848m summit was driven back by...

A proper farewell for Francys Arsentiev

On May 2, I reported on the story of Ian Woodall's intentions to give final resting peace to Francys Arsentiev, a Colorado climber and mother who perished on Mount Everest in 1998 with her husband Sergei. A touching article came out today in The Rocky Mountain News detailing...

Appa Sherpa Summits Everest for Record 17th Time

"Appa Sherpa Summits Everest for Record 17th Time THT Online Kathmandu, May 16 Appa Sherpa broke his own world record on Wednesday by summitting Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, for a staggering seventeenth time, reports said. "Despite bad weather, Appa Sherpa and...

Sir Edmund Hillary Released from Hospital in New Zealand

  Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb Everest is Home again.It was announced that he was released just hours ago, although there is no news about why he was admited. Sir Edmund is 88 and he had...

The Sherpas (and sherpas) of Everest

"The Sherpas (and sherpas) of Everest It's that time of year again - another Everest season has begun, and the presses are churning. (Be sure to visit Explorer's Web for coverage and information.) For me, I am...

Recovery of snow leopard Uncia uncia in Sagarmatha (Mount Everest) National P...

This is great news...The Snow Leopard, Uncia uncia, is returning to the Khumbu (Everest) Region of Nepal! I first reported on this in my blog on August 10, 2006, citing an article I had read in on Nature.com. It...

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