Climber conquers the world
5 years, 5 months ago

Climber conquers the world

China Daily  

Xia Boyu takes part in an ice climbing contest in Fangshan district, Beijing, in January 2017. Xia Boyu, 70, the first Chinese double amputee to have reached the summit of Mount Qomolangma, the highest mountain in the world, will continue his beloved climbing on the steep slopes of life. On May 14, last year, Xia, who is the same age as the People's Republic of China, made his dream come true by reaching the top of Qomolangma seven days after leaving Base Camp on the Nepal side of the mountain. He had failed to summit the 8,844-meter peak four times before becoming one of the few double amputees to reach the top of the world.

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Hyderabad teen summits highest peak in Antarctica
1 month ago

Hyderabad teen summits highest peak in Antarctica

The Hindu  

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A record-setting teen climber returns home to Nepal to a hero's welcome
2 months, 3 weeks ago

A record-setting teen climber returns home to Nepal to a hero's welcome

The Independent  

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Nepali becomes youngest to climb world's 8,000 m peaks
3 months ago

Nepali becomes youngest to climb world's 8,000 m peaks

The Hindu  

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Five Russian climbers killed in deadly fall from world’s seventh-highest peak
3 months ago

Five Russian climbers killed in deadly fall from world’s seventh-highest peak

The Independent  

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Sherpa summits highest peak for 30th time
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Sherpa summits highest peak for 30th time

China Daily  

Trailblazing climber Kami Rita Sherpa reached the top of Mount Qomolangma, also known as Mount Everest, for the 30th time on May 22, breaking his own record for the most summits of the world's highest mountain. Following Kami Rita is another Sherpa — Pasang Dawa — who has 27 summit titles on the world's highest mountain. Paterson and Pastenji "heroically …

Record-setting Sherpa guide sets a new climbing goal for the world's highest peaks
1 year, 5 months ago

Record-setting Sherpa guide sets a new climbing goal for the world's highest peaks

The Independent  

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First man with AS scales world's highest mountain
1 year, 6 months ago

First man with AS scales world's highest mountain

China Daily  

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First man with AS scales world's highest mountain
1 year, 6 months ago

First man with AS scales world's highest mountain

China Daily  

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First man with AS scales world's highest mountain
1 year, 6 months ago

First man with AS scales world's highest mountain

China Daily  

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First man with AS scales world's highest mountain
1 year, 6 months ago

First man with AS scales world's highest mountain

China Daily  

Wang Minglong, a 34-year-old man diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis, or AS, climbs the world's tallest peak Mount Qomolangma. CHINA DAILY Chongqing native with incurable disease achieves dreams through perseverance At age 13, Wang Minglong was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis — a type of arthritis that causes inflammation in the joints and ligaments of the spine — and was told that …

Double amputee Gurkha veteran makes history by scaling Mount Everest
1 year, 7 months ago

Double amputee Gurkha veteran makes history by scaling Mount Everest

The Independent  

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Nepalese climber Sanu Sherpa sets record atop Pakistan mountain
2 years, 5 months ago

Nepalese climber Sanu Sherpa sets record atop Pakistan mountain

Al Jazeera  

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Peak moments on Mount Qomolangma
2 years, 7 months ago

Peak moments on Mount Qomolangma

China Daily  

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Peak moments on Mount Qomolangma
2 years, 7 months ago

Peak moments on Mount Qomolangma

China Daily  

Dechen Ngodrup, head of the squad who leads the 13-member team to the summit of Mount Qomolangma, poses for a photo on May 4. SONAM DORJE/XINHUA Chinese scientific researchers on May 4 established an automatic meteorological monitoring station at an altitude of over 8,800 meters, making it the world's highest of its kind, on Mount Qomolangma, known in the West …

Peak moments on Mount Qomolangma
2 years, 7 months ago

Peak moments on Mount Qomolangma

China Daily  

Dechen Ngodrup, head of the squad who leads the 13-member team to the summit of Mount Qomolangma, poses for a photo on May 4. SONAM DORJE/XINHUA Chinese scientific researchers on May 4 established an automatic meteorological monitoring station at an altitude of over 8,800 meters, making it the world's highest of its kind, on Mount Qomolangma, known in the West …

Peak moments on Mount Qomolangma
2 years, 7 months ago

Peak moments on Mount Qomolangma

China Daily  

Dechen Ngodrup, head of the squad who leads the 13-member team to the summit of Mount Qomolangma, poses for a photo on May 4. SONAM DORJE/XINHUA Chinese scientific researchers on May 4 established an automatic meteorological monitoring station at an altitude of over 8,800 meters, making it the world's highest of its kind, on Mount Qomolangma, known in the West …

Height of adventure
2 years, 11 months ago

Height of adventure

China Daily  

Photographers Ma Chunlin and Dong Shuchang capture the majesty of Qomolangma from a similar angle of photographs taken by English mountaineer George Mallory a century ago. CHINA DAILY Photographers take images of Qomolangma from similar angles that mountaineers took a century ago to highlight the changing landscape, Yang Feiyue reports. "Lho means 'south' in Tibetan, while lin means an 'enclosed …

Height of adventure
2 years, 11 months ago

Height of adventure

China Daily  

Photographers Ma Chunlin and Dong Shuchang capture the majesty of Qomolangma from a similar angle of photographs taken by English mountaineer George Mallory a century ago. CHINA DAILY Photographers take images of Qomolangma from similar angles that mountaineers took a century ago to highlight the changing landscape, Yang Feiyue reports. "Lho means 'south' in Tibetan, while lin means an 'enclosed …

Height of adventure
2 years, 11 months ago

Height of adventure

China Daily  

Photographers Ma Chunlin and Dong Shuchang capture the majesty of Qomolangma from a similar angle of photographs taken by English mountaineer George Mallory a century ago. CHINA DAILY Photographers take images of Qomolangma from similar angles that mountaineers took a century ago to highlight the changing landscape, Yang Feiyue reports. "Lho means 'south' in Tibetan, while lin means an 'enclosed …

Height of adventure
2 years, 11 months ago

Height of adventure

China Daily  

Photographers Ma Chunlin and Dong Shuchang capture the majesty of Qomolangma from a similar angle of photographs taken by English mountaineer George Mallory a century ago. CHINA DAILY Photographers take images of Qomolangma from similar angles that mountaineers took a century ago to highlight the changing landscape, Yang Feiyue reports. "Lho means 'south' in Tibetan, while lin means an 'enclosed …

The height of endeavor
3 years ago

The height of endeavor

China Daily  

On May 14, 2018, Chinese double amputee climber Xia Boyu reached the world's highest summit from the south side in Nepal, at the age of 69. Climber, 69, conquers the world's tallest peak with artificial legs having lost them to frostbite on a previous attempt, Xu Lin reports. He is the first Chinese double amputee climber to conquer the mountain. …

The height of endeavor
3 years ago

The height of endeavor

China Daily  

On May 14, 2018, Chinese double amputee climber Xia Boyu reached the world's highest summit from the south side in Nepal, at the age of 69. Climber, 69, conquers the world's tallest peak with artificial legs having lost them to frostbite on a previous attempt, Xu Lin reports. He is the first Chinese double amputee climber to conquer the mountain. …

China cancels Everest spring climb citing Covid concerns days after 'line of separation' move
3 years, 7 months ago

China cancels Everest spring climb citing Covid concerns days after 'line of separation' move

India Today  

China has decided to cancel the 2021 spring climbing season from the Tibetan side of Mount Everest, the world's tallest peak, because of coronavirus concerns, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday. The Himalayan nation of Nepal, which is so short of oxygen canisters it has asked mountaineers to bring back their empties, has issued a record 408 permits …

How a 46-year-old Visually-impaired Chinese Climber Aims to Summit Mount Everest
3 years, 8 months ago

How a 46-year-old Visually-impaired Chinese Climber Aims to Summit Mount Everest

News 18  

Zhang Hong, a 46-year-old visually-impaired Chinese climber, is attempting to summit Mt.Everest this spring, a company organising his expedition said. Everest, he will be the first Asian visually-impaired person to scale the world’s tallest peak,” Dawa Steven Sherpa, chief executive officer of Asian Trekking, one of the leading expedition organising companies in Nepal, told Xinhua news agency on Friday. Earlier, …

Spanish Mountaineer, 81, Trains for Himalayas in Tribute to Victims of Coronavirus
4 years, 1 month ago

Spanish Mountaineer, 81, Trains for Himalayas in Tribute to Victims of Coronavirus

News 18  

At 81 years old Spanish mountaineer Carlos Soria is training to tackle one of the world’s highest peaks, a challenge he will dedicate to elderly victims of the COVID-19 pandemic. “To all those who have disappeared because of this terrible pandemic, this terrible crisis, I want as an elderly person to dedicate it to them,” Soria said outside his home …

Highest peak in world to be remeasured
4 years, 8 months ago

Highest peak in world to be remeasured

China Daily  

A member of the survey team takes a photo with a full moon on a campsite at Mount Qomolangma, on May 7, 2020. Survey team sets out on challenging mission atop Mount Qomolangma China has launched its most comprehensive scientific survey of Mount Qomolangma, including remeasuring its height. More than 30 Chinese surveyors left base camp at Mount Qomolangma, known …

Double amputee Hari Budha Magar aims for an Everest first
5 years, 1 month ago

Double amputee Hari Budha Magar aims for an Everest first

CNN  

CNN — Hari Budha Magar is laughing. “To be honest I struggled, because I couldn’t go to the toilet myself, I couldn’t eat myself or wash myself initially.” Magar built himself back up “one step at a time,” regaining his independence. He plans to climb to 7,000 meters ahead of his Everest attempt in 2020. courtesy HST Adventure Magar wouldn’t …

Nepali climber scales world's 14 highest peaks in 190 days
5 years, 2 months ago

Nepali climber scales world's 14 highest peaks in 190 days

India TV News  

A Nepali mountaineer has created history by scaling the world's 14 highest peaks in record 190 days after he climbed Mt Shishapangma in China on Tuesday. Nirmal Purja, 36, known as Nims, broke the previous record of a South Korean climber, Kim Chang-ho, who achieved the feat in 2003 to scale all the peaks higher than 8,000 metres in seven …

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