spring expedition 2024

Two bodies have been retrieved from Mount Everest, while efforts are underway to bring down at least three more, officials said

At least four climbers have been rescued from the dead zone, who were hit by a huge mound of ice that broke off right below Hillary Step (8790). The climbers were thrown towards northern face on to Tibetan side of the peak

The 55-year-old entrepreneur from Bhopal, India, has successfully summited Mount Everest, becoming the oldest Indian woman to do so.

A British climber and his Sherpa guide, who summited Mount Everest on Wednesday morning amid bad weather, have reported seeing unidentified bodies below the south summit at an altitude of 8740 meters.

Sixty-year-old French climber Johnny Saliba died on Mount Makalu above 8,000m due to altitude sickness 

Rope fixing team retreated from 7,800m in Kanchenjunga, while summit push on Dhaulagiri has been aborted entirely after a month-long attempt to open route to the summit. 

Mount Everest, which experienced below-average snowfall this year, has been receiving more snowfall since Tuesday, bringing relief to climbers and Sherpas who were getting injured from rockfall during acclimatization and while setting up camps and routes.

Nirmal Purja holds multiple records of big mountains and continues to make new ones as he himself leads expeditions of 8,000m peaks.