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Yesterday, a whopping 135 climbers reached the top of Everest. More are following today in a rush to reach the summit and ...
An Indian and a Romanian climber died on Mount Lhotse in Nepal, one of the world’s highest mountains, taking the total number of fatalities during this year’s spring climbing season in the Himalayas ...
At the end of December a Japanese expedition led by Osamu Tanabe managed to climb the south Fasce of Lhotse (8516m) in winter, but turned back 40m short of the summit. Planetmountain.com is a site ...
Any minute, Sherpa workers will summit Everest for the first time this year. An earlier group summited Lhotse about three hours ago.
Last year, Tim Howell of the UK climbed Lhotse in the hope of doing the highest ... then fly down the vertical South Face of the mountain. Climbing guide Jon Gupta will again lead the way to ...
They follow the same route up the mountain, scaling the sheer Lhotse Face -- a 1,125-metre wall of ice -- before the path to the neighbouring summits divides. The incident comes after two people ...
Lhotse's summit lies to the south, while its subsidiary peak, Lhotse Shar, extends to the east. The Lhotse Face, a steep and icy incline, poses a significant challenge for climbers attempting to ...
Two climbers from Romania and India have died on Nepal's Mount Lhotse, the world's fourth highest peak, officials said Monday, taking the number of fatalities this season to at least nine.