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Jost Kobusch just doesn’t care
The ambitious German mountaineer speaks to Everest Chronicle about his second attempt to climb Everest solo, in winter, and without supplemental oxygen.
Sherpa guides on a mission to explore Nepal’s own route for Mount Cho Oyu
To begin commercial expeditions from Nepal two groups of Sherpa are on a mission to explore a new route for Cho Oyu. Various groups working for the promotion of expeditions in Nepal’s mountains have joined their hands in this mission led by young Sherpa guides. If their mission is successful, it will be an additional option to climb Cho Oyu.
Everest expedition operators fear another chaotic year
With the ongoing covid pandemic, travel restrictions to China, and continued global uncertainty, Nepal’s expedition operators are facing another difficult year.
Everest 2022: Icefall doctors clear route up to Camp II
Expedition agencies have started to roll out the red carpets for climbers at the base camp to make the spring expedition of 2022 a success. Climbers are on their way to Everest base camp whereas some climbers are set for summit push in eight thousanders.
Dhaulagiri records first spring ascent
Ten climbers and their 12 Sherpa guides reached the summit at around 10.30 am, according to Dawa Futi Sherpa of Imagine Nepal, an agency that organized the expedition. Dhaulagiri is the seventh highest peak in the world with an altitude of 8,167 meters.
Greek climber Antonis Sykaris dies in Dhaulagiri
SST Chairman Mingma Sherpa said that Antonis Sykaris breathed his last at an altitude of 7,400 meters early in the morning. Sykaris was with his guide, Pemba Sherpa, both of whom had successfully reached the summit around 12 hours earlier on Monday.