They're called the Icefall Doctors, and this year, they delayed Everest's climbing season by 12 days due to unsafe conditions on the Khumbu Icefall. And it will only become more dangerous as ...
Kami Rita Sherpa broke his own record not just once, but twice after summiting Everest for a 24th ... after a devastating avalanche at Khumbu Icefalls. The icefall is a notoriously steep and ...
It is located around the Khumbu Icefall and was the scene of a deadly ... While she was the one doing the actual Everest climb, Mwende says the activity is hardly a solitary endeavour.
He had completed the basic and advanced mountaineering course at the Khumbu Climbing Center ... that oversees the Icefall Doctors and garbage management on Everest. Among the outspoken Sherpas ...
Three Sherpa climbers died on Khumbu Icefall on 12 April when they were ... This season, Nepal issued a record 478 Everest climbing permits, which means there will be over 1,500 people on the ...
Show more Is a global obsession with Everest creating unnecessary ... their way through the dangerous Khumbu Icefall carrying heavy equipment for climbing companies. The tragedy shone a spotlight ...
Don't let complacency kill you. Some of the most treacherous terrain you'll face climbing Everest comes right at the beginning: the Khumbu Icefall. The 2,000-ft. glacier is in a constant state of ...
First he found wheelchair basketball. Then, he started biking. Finally, he discovered mountain climbing—which led him to Everest. Austin Murphy details Glasbrenner’s incredible story here.
But the Khumbu ... known Everest guiding operations, Himalayan Experience, run by New Zealand mountaineer Russell Brice, canceled its climb midway through the season, saying the Icefall was ...