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Six killed in helicopter crash near Mt Everest

All six people on board were killed when a private commercial helicopter crashed today near Mount Everest in eastern Nepal. The chopper was...

5-year-old Indian girl raises the tricolour at Everest Base Camp

Prisha’s father Lokesh Nikajoo is a trained climber. The child covered 130km in 12 days with him before she could proudly display the...

Everest summiter Shrinivas Dattatraya’s wife Sushma Soma pays tribute to his exploration of Singapore

The search for Shrinivas Sainis Dattatraya, who summited Mt Everest but could not make his way down on May 19, has been arguably the most...

Mt Everest spring climbing season: Sherpa rescued by Sherpa from deep and icy crevasse

The video shows quite a heart-stopping rescue, as the rescuer climbs down, tied to a line, and cuts the ice with a shovel in order to make...

Nepali Sherpa rescues climber from Mt Everest 'death zone'

A Nepali Sherpa saved a Malaysian climber who was incapacitated in Mount Everest's death zone, where temperatures can get to as low as...

Scaling Mt Garbage: A sad sight on Everest as the world marks 70th year of Hillary-Tenzing feat

The revolting pile of trash represents an uncontrolled number of climbers on Mt Everest, climbers who very often do not have the experience...

RIP Shrinivas Dattatraya: Wife of missing Indian-origin climber from Singapore accepts end of search on Mt Everest

“But in the end, the mountain has the last say,” wrote singer Sushma Soma on Instagram, quoting her husband, Mt Everest summiter...

Decoding dark facts in the search for missing Singaporean-Indian climber Shrinivas Dattatraya

Singaporean-Indian climber Shrinivas Sainis Dattatraya's search and rescue (SAR) efforts are reportedly ongoing, the Change.org signature...

How did Shrinivas Sainis Dattatraya, missing Indian-origin Everest climber from Singapore, “fall” during his descent?

Award-winning veteran mountaineer Anindya Mukherjee tells CtoI that the family of Shrinivas should demand to know from the expedition...

Fear grows for missing Indian-origin Everest climber from Singapore; sitarist Anoushka Shankar joins plea for help

Shrinivas Sainis Dattatraya has been missing for nearly 48 hours now. He is married to Carnatic vocals artiste Sushma Soma, which is why the...