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At least 345 people have died on Everest in more than 100 years since summiting expeditions were known to have started

Two climbers die in two days on Everest

An Indian climber and another from the Philippines became the first mountaineers to die on Mount Everest in the current March-May climbing season of the world's highest peak, hiking officials said.

World • 16 May

A closeup view of the top of Everest, with South Col, south summit and Hillary Step

Everest's highest glacier rapidly losing ice - study

Ice on a glacier near the summit of Mount Everest that took millennia to form has shrunk dramatically in the last three decades due to climate change, a new study has shown.

World • 05 Feb 22

The summit of Mount Everest, where one of the climbers died after reaching the top (file image)

Two climbers die in Everest's first fatalities of 2021

Two climbers from the United States and Switzerland have died on Mount Everest, the first fatalities of this year's season, expedition organisers in Nepal said today.

World • 13 May 21

Eleven climbers were killed or went missing on the mountain in May - the deadliest season in four years

Everest climbers to face stricter rules

Nepal must make training and experience in high altitude climbing mandatory for all climbers on Mount Everest and other high peaks, a government panel has said, following the deadliest climbing season in four years.

World • 15 Aug 19

Governments on both sides of the mountain have been battling the human waste and rubbish left by climbers

Ten tonnes of rubbish collected from Everest

Around ten tonnes of rubbish has been collected on Everest at the end of this year's climbing season, Nepal authorities said.

World • 28 May 19

Search for Seamus Lawless was previously hampered by poor weather

New Everest search to begin for missing Irish climber

A search will commence today for an Irish climber missing on Mount Everest, according to local media reports.

Ireland • 22 May 19

Seamus Lawless fell while in an area near the summit known as the balcony

Search now a recovery operation - trekking company

The search for a missing Irish climber on Mount Everest is now a recovery operation, according to the trekking company which organised the trip.

World • 17 May 19

Oxygen levels estimated at around 40% at Advanced Base Camp

Peak performance: Charity rugby match played on Everest

The LMAX Exchange Everest Rugby Challenge, arranged by Wooden Spoon the children's charity of rugby, has broken a world record for the highest game of rugby in history.

News Lens • 08 May 19

Climber Satyarup Sidhantha holds a photograph in his right hand that shows him on Mount Everest, and in the left hand, an altered version of the photo used by the Indian couple

Indian police fire couple for faking Everest climb

Two Indian police officers who falsely claimed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest last year have been sacked.

World • 08 Aug 17

John Burke sits with his Clare flag at the top of Mount Everest last week

Clare man home after successful Mt Everest climb

Several hundred people came to Shannon Airport this afternoon to welcome home 38-year-old mountaineer John Burke who reached the summit of Mount Everest last Tuesday morning, the first Clare man to ever do so.

Munster • 22 May 17

Ueli Steck pictured in 2015 in southeastern France

Swiss climber Steck dies in Nepal mountain fall

An experienced Swiss climber died after he fell in the Everest region of Nepal during preparations to climb the world's highest mountain, officials said.

World • 30 Apr 17

The 25 April quake had a magnitude of 7.8

Chances of another big earthquake in Nepal high

Large quakes in Nepal this year only partially relieved stress on a major Himalayan fault line, and chances for a big tremor are as high as before according to researchers.

News • 07 Aug 15

Rescue and recovery operations continue, but officials fear there is little hope of finding more survivors

Two people rescued five days after Nepal quake

Rescue workers pulled out a second survivor from the rubble of a collapsed building in Nepal’s capital, five days after the 7.8-magnitude earthquake.

News • 30 Apr 15

A woman walks past a damaged house in Balaju in Kathmandu

UN says eight million affected by Nepal earthquake

Up to eight million people have had their lives disrupted after a deadly earthquake shook Nepal, the United Nations said tonight.

News • 27 Apr 15

16 Sherpas died in the avalanche 12 months ago

Everest Sherpas remember avalanche victims

Hundreds of mountaineers and Sherpas in Nepal have paid tribute to 16 of their fellow guides who died in an avalanche on Everest a year ago, suspending climbing for the day.

News • 19 Apr 15

Mount Everest has been climbed by more than 4,000 people

Nepal tightens controls of climbers on Everest

Nepal will enforce tighter controls of climbers on Mount Everest to ensure the world's highest peak is safe, after a fight last April between three Europeans and a large group of Sherpas.

News • 21 Feb 14

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