A spike in deaths on Everest this year provoked media attention and an outcry of opinions. At a press conference last week, Nepal's Ministry of Tourism proposed stricter access regulations. But what should change, and will anything actually happen? Read more »
From next spring, Nepalese government officials are considering banning those who haven't previously climbed at least one 6,500m peak from tackling Everest's summit. More controversially, plans to ban the disabled, the old and the young are also on the table. Read more »
Three American women, Quinn Brett, Prairie Ciel Larronde Kearney, and Lizzy Scully, together with climber and professional photographer John Dickey, visited the Torssuqatoq Spires in South Greenland, coming away with three new routes. Read more »
This May, reaching the top of the world is not enough. Several hard-charging teams have taken advantage of the stellar conditions to make multiple ascents, with Kenton Cool and Dorje Gylgen reaching the summits of the ultimate three-peak challenge: Nuptse, Everest and Lhotse. Read more »
In breaking news, Kenton Cool is about to set off on a long held pipe dream of his to climb the three summits of the Western Cwm. Summiting Everest (8,848m), Lhotse (8,516m) and Nuptse (7,861m) in one climb has never been attempted before. It’s a huge task and we're among the first to know. Read more »
Making his third visit to the Arwa Valley, Swiss Roger Schäli has made the first free ascent of his own route on the north face of the Arwa Spire (6,193m), a spectacular triple-summited rock and ice monolith in the Indian Himalaya. Read more »
Kenton Cool, Neil Gresham and Ian Parnell are touring the UK with Sherpa Adventure Gear this autumn, and we've got five pairs of tickets for you to win. Read more »
The second weather window on Everest has arrived. Amongst those reaching the summit was British climber Kenton Cool who, in making his tenth ascent of the mountain, also fulfilled a long-standing pledge to take an Olympic medal up Everest. Read more »
Kenton Cool calls the BMC with an update on his progress and some thoughts on the rush to the summit last weekend and its tragic outcome - and reports that the mountain is now much quieter. Read more »
It's been one of the toughest seasons on Everest in recent decades. Dry conditions have raised the danger of rock fall and the route through the Khumbu Icefall has been unusually difficult. Despite several teams pulling out, Kenton Cool is at base camp preparing to make his record-breaking tenth Everest summit bid – and fulfill the Olympic pledge made by the 1922 Everest team 88 years ago. Read more »
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