He summited the Everest on May 12, May 17 and May 20, setting a record. He completed the feat with the aid of supplemental oxygen. He also attempted his fourth summit.
A Kenyan and Nepali climber, who had been missing for days, have been found dead near the Everest Summit, officials at the Everest Base Camp confirmed.
Nepali Sherpa climber and guide Kami Rita Sherpa on Wednesday morning again set out a world record with the 30th summit of Mount Everest, a record number by a single person.
The 54-year-old Sherpa climber and Sherpa guide already hold a record of 28 ascends of 8848.86 meters tall Mount Everest. This season he aims to break his record with 29th ascend which could be followed by another record summit.
Australian climber Allie Pepper has announced her bid to summit Mount Annapurna-I without supplementary oxygen as part of her 14-peak summit bid aimed to be completed within two years.
Eleven climbers have been killed and more than 12 are missing after the eruption of Indonesia's Mount Marapi, local officials have said, Al Jazeera reported.
Deemed the fasted climbers - Kristin Harila of Norway and Nepal's Sherpa Guide Tenjin (Lama) Sherpa got a rousing welcome at Tribhuvan International Airport on Saturday morning as they returned from their feat.
“They scaled the K2 this morning (27 July 2023). They now have the record for the fastest climbers to complete the 14 peaks above 8000 meters. They completed the forte within 3 months,” Chhang Dewa Sherpa, Expedition Director at Seven Summit Treks confirmed to ANI over the phone.
A search and rescue team, who were looking for the missing Singaporean climber on Mount Everest, still haven't been able to trace him, his wife posted on Instagram.
Last week, Magar created the history as first double above-the-knee amputee to scale the 8848.86 meters tall Mount Everest- the Highest peak in the world.