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Dewan Rai retweeted
Here’s how Hillary Dawa Sherpa survived seven days on Everest -- trapped in a Khumbu Icefall crevasse with no food, limited oxygen, and freezing temperatures at 5,500 meters @rdewan
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Dewan Rai retweeted
After "Hillary" Dawa's miraculous survival, there are still issues to be resolved. As per chairperson of Dawa's village Khijidemba, Dawa's village, family members clashed with expedition owner at the hospital. Family is seeking answers & accountability.
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Dewan Rai retweeted
Having spent two and a half days inside a Khumbu Icefall crevasse—surviving on a packet of biscuits and ice—Dawa still looked remarkably composed. “Looks like they didn’t casually give him the nickname ‘Hillary’, joked Kunga Sherpa.
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RT @EverestChron: Dawa Sherpa, who went missing above Camp III on Everest last week, has been found alive. He was discovered this morning n…
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Sherpa guide goes missing near Everest Camp III on final day of spring season
As Mount Everest's spring climbing season drew to a close, most climbers had already descended below the Khumbu Icefall before the route's ladders were dismantled. Yet one Sherpa guide remained unaccounted for high on the mountain.
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Crossing crevasses in the Khumbu Icefall is often seen as one of Everest’s most dangerous passages. But before climbers even reach the Icefall, they must first negotiate a series of newly formed meltwater streams cutting across the route.
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Junko Tabei (1939-2016) is remembered not only as the first woman to summit Mt Everest in 1975, but also as an irreplaceable lifelong friend of Nepal. She returns in a biopic at the @KIMFFnp starting 27 May.
Review by fellow Japanese climber Miki Upreti:
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“This season has already entered Everest history in more ways than one,” @gautamkhimlal said. “The success rate has been high, defying all the speculation that the record number of permits would inevitably lead to chaos. It has been a historic season.”
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Everest Spring 2026 sets new records as Nepal reports 879 successful Everest summits by Saturday — one of the highest ever. The season also saw a record 494 climbing permits and Nrs 1 billion royalty revenue, 274 single day summits.
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Dewan Rai retweeted
Gobinda Gurung, Managing Director of TAG Nepal Treks and Expedition, which organise the expedition, said PaDawa was ferrying supplies to Camp IV for the last expedition team and then went on to reach the summit before descending from Camp IV. everestchronicle.com/pasang-…
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Dewan Rai retweeted
Everest climbers form a massive -almost five kilometers long -queue between Camp II and Camp IV on May 19.
This video taken by Pastemba Sherpa, gives an idea of the crowded route to summit of Everest this season.
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Dewan Rai retweeted
Nepali climber and photojournalist @poornimashresth reached the summit of Mount Everest for the sixth time on Wednesday, adding another ascent to a career that has come to reflect the growing presence of Nepali women in high-altitude mountaineering.
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Kanchenjunga recorded the season’s first summit on Wednesday after a rope-fixing team reached the top shortly after midnight, expedition organisers said, overcoming deep snow and high winds that had already forced an earlier attempt to be abandoned.
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Pasang Dawa Sherpa reached the summit of Everest on Monday for the 30th time, placing him just behind Kami Rita Sherpa in the climbing records.
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Dewan Rai retweeted
All of Nepal’s eight-thousanders, including Everest, have now recorded summits this season — except Kanchenjunga, where persistent snowfall and high winds continue to thwart climbers.
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Dewan Rai retweeted
“Everest Man” and “Mountain Queen” have broken their own records, making history!
Nepali legendary climbers Kami Rita Sherpa and Lhakpa Sherpa set new world records today on Everest, scaling the world’s highest peak the most number of times — 32 ascents by Kami Rita Sherpa and 11 ascents by Lhakpa Sherpa, the highest ever by a female climber.
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Sherpa climbers and high-altitude workers carry oxygen cylinders, tents, food and other supplies needed for Everest’s summit push. They deposited their loads and descended to base camp to rest and prepare for the next summit push during a second weather window
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Grandson of Everest legend Ang Rita Sherpa dies in fall near Camp III.
Phura Gyaljen Sherpa, 20, died during a load-carrying mission on Mount Everest’s Lhotse Face, taking this season’s death toll on the world’s highest peak to three.
(News updated)
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Phura Gyaljen Sherpa, 21, from Thame in Solukhumbu district, died after falling below Camp III on the mountain’s Lhotse Face during a load-carrying mission for summit preparations, according to the Department of Tourism.
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Uhiyaki Malia Gurung, along with his AltiPro guides carried down Yine Gurung, a companion, on his back all the way from Camp II to the base camp on Wednesday, shown in this video.
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Dewan Rai retweeted
Nepal has revoked flight clearances for both Chinese- and U.S.-made heavy-lift drones at Everest Base Camp, halting high-altitude trials in the Himalayas that had increasingly turned the region into a testing ground for advanced aerial logistics.
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Dewan Rai retweeted
The DoT extends heartfelt appreciation to the dedicated Icefall Doctors, SPCC EOA team for opening the Khumbu Icefall route for Spring 2026. As climbers navigate the route, utmost caution is urged, particularly in the serac-affected section. Wishing all a safe ascent.
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