2 climbers die on Mount Everest, unclear if bodies will be retrieved
Two people died while climbing Mount Everest as hundreds of climbers are attempting to scale the world's highest peak, expedition organizers said.
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Two people died while climbing Mount Everest as hundreds of climbers are attempting to scale the world's highest peak, expedition organizers said.
Margareta Morin died above Camp 4 of the 28,169-foot Kanchenjunga, the expedition's organizer said.
Alexander Pancoe recently fought chronic myeloid leukemia and was attempting to climb Makalu to raise funds for a pediatric blood cancer program at a Chicago hospital.
A strong earthquake killed more than 100 people in Tibet and left many others trapped in the autonomous region of western China, state media say.
"I rappelled down to him and stayed with him for four hours until his light faded," Ondrej Huserka's climbing partner said in an emotional Facebook post.
Nima Rinji Sherpa's team says he's summitted Tibet's Shisha Pangma, completing a record-setting mission to top all 14 of the world's highest peaks.
No decision has been made about bringing the bodies down from the mountain, which would require extensive manpower and equipment.
Landslides and flooding caused by rainfall have killed at least 66 people in Nepal. Dozens of others are missing, police said Saturday.
A plane belonging to Nepal's domestic carrier Saurya Airlines crashed shortly after takeoff in Kathmandu, killing everyone onboard but the pilot.
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Nepalese officials say a landslide swept two buses into a monsoon-swollen river, leaving the vehicles and dozens of people missing.
Five members of the same family were killed when their house was swallowed by a landslide while they were asleep, officials said.
Climate change is thinning snow and ice on Mount Everest, exposing the bodies of hundreds of mountaineers who died chasing their dreams.
The climb by Joshua Cheruiyot Kirui, a 40-year-old banker at Kenya Commercial Bank, had been closely followed in Kenya.
Climber Phunjo Lama reached the top of Everest, the world's tallest peak, in just 14 hours and 31 minutes – a feat that typically takes people days.
Renowned Sherpa mountain guide Kami Rita completed the scaling of Mount Everest for a record 30th time Wednesday, his second climb this month to the top of the world.
In his final letter before he vanished on Mount Everest, George Mallory said his chances of reaching the world's highest peak were "50 to 1 against us."
Many people in Nepal's remote Himalayan villages were left homeless by a major earthquake, and they were still waiting for help as new temblors struck.
Most of those killed were crushed by debris when their houses — usually made by stacking rocks and logs — crumbled under the force of the tremblor midnight Friday, local media reported.
Nadezhda Oleneva, 38, went missing after slipping and falling deep into a crevasse at an altitude of nearly 22,000 feet.
The accident was latest in a series of deadly air mishaps in the Himalayan nation.
Nepal has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. Correspondent Reena Ninan travels to a rural Nepali village to follow one woman in her controversial fight to end child marriage.
Climate and water experts say every person on the planet should be worried about the dizzying rate at which glaciers in the Himalayas are melting.
Hanna had summited Everest 10 times and climbed the highest point on all seven continents.
The climbers fell into a crevasse thought to be 160 feet deep as they were moving toward the first camp on the world's highest mountain.