From oxygen bottles to human waste, the world’s highest peak is bearing the weight of our ambition and our carelessness. With record crowds, a melting glacier, and decades of abandoned gear, the question is no longer just about reaching the…
Kristin Harila came back to Everest in 2026 to say farewell. She left having done something very few climbers have ever done. In this spring of 2026, Norwegian mountaineer Kristin Harila returned to the Khumbu region of Nepal with a…
At 16, Tshiring Pasang Sherpa has done what most people only dream of — stood on top of the world. On May 20, at 10:05 in the morning, Tshiring Pasang Sherpa stepped onto the summit of Mount Everest. He was…
On May 20, 2026, a 27-year-old from Brisbane stood on the roof of the world and said four words “I am so tired.” Oliver Foran had just summited Mount Everest. But unlike most climbers who fly in and trek to…
Tenzing David Sherpa completes the Himalayan Triple Crown and almost didn’t plan to do it at all. Tenzing David Sherpa is not a full-time mountaineer. He is a physiotherapist with a master’s degree from a Belgian university. He runs a…
Dr. Shaunna Burke has spent her life studying how the body fights back. Then she was diagnosed with incurable cancer. This spring, she climbed Everest to prove the fight is never over. In March 2024, Shaunna Burke found a lump…
THREE BROTHERS OF THE MOUNTAIN GONE TOO SOON Remembering the Sherpas Who Made Everest 2026 Possible They never make the headlines when the summit photos go viral. You see the climber raising their fists at 8,849 metres but look just…
A Russian Soldier Lost His Legs at 23. At 34, He Reached the Top of the World Without Them. On May 20, 2026, at 8:16 in the morning Nepal time, Rustam Nabiev reached the top of Mount Everest. He is…
18-Year-Old Melbourne Girl Climbs Everest On Her Second Try Bianca Adler became the youngest Australian to reach the top of the world, turning last year’s heartbreak into this year’s summit. At 2.30am Nepal time on Wednesday, 18-year-old Bianca Adler from…
He grew up in Phaktalung, a remote village in eastern Nepal, watching the distant peaks pierce the sky. His family were farmers. No one in his world climbed mountains for a living. That changed in 2007, when an 18-year-old Mingma…
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