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KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP) — Two climbers from the United States and Switzerland have died on Mount Everest, becoming the first fatalities of this year’s season, expedition organisers in Nepal said Thursday. “Two climbers passed away on Wednesday,” Mingma Sherpa of Seven Summit Treks told AFP. The Swiss climber died near the summit after reaching the top and was suffering from exhaustion, said Chhang Dawa Sherpa from the same organisation. “We sent two additional Sherpas with […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — French urban free-climber Alain Robert was arrested on Tuesday, police said, after he scaled one of Manila’s tallest towers in his latest high-risk ascent. The 56-year old adventurer dubbed the “French spiderman” climbed the 47-storey GT Tower without safety equipment, leaving watchers on the ground staring in amazement. “This is my path, this is my way of living. It is as important to me as eating, sleeping. I need that. It […]
Reuters — Ski climbers Bernhard Hug and Tony Sbalbi recently (May 15-17) made an attempt to climb the highest peaks in Switzerland and France in 50 hours. This follows their seven-peak tour two years ago, which saw them climbing all peaks over 4000 meters in the Aletsch region using touring skis in just 20 hours. Setting off from Zermatt the two climbers encounter soft snow as they ascended the Dufourspitze, over 4600 m above sea […]
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP) — Nepal has imposed a 10-year mountaineering ban on an Indian couple who faked photographs purporting to show them at the top of Mount Everest, an official said Tuesday. Dinesh and Tarakeshwari Rathod, both police constables, said they reached the top of the world’s highest mountain on May 23. But fellow climbers cast doubt on their claim, saying their photos at the summit were doctored. Nepal’s tourism department initially certified their claim […]
