Mountain Climbing
British mountaineer Kenton Cool to take Olympic medal to top of Mount Everest
A British mountaineer is to take an Olympic medal to the top of Mt. Everest to try to fulfill a 1924 pledge after an earlier fatal attempt to reach the peak. Kenton Cool is finally set to make good a promise made to Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founding father of the modern Olympic movement. … Continue reading
Official research concludes on Sherpa’s climbing ability
KATHMANDU, MAR 15 – The specific methods of nutrition, hydration, rest periods, and load carrying capacity of Sherpas and Porters allow their bodies to quickly acclimatise to ascend rapidly at high altitudes, says a report conducted by Nepal/USA medical study. American Dusty Boyd, a Fellow at the Wilderness Medical Society and research head, is going … Continue reading
Prince Harry to ‘climb’ Everest
LONDON, JAN 02 – Prince Harry, the third-in-line to the British throne, is all set to realise his long-held ambition of conquering Mount Everest this year, a report said. The 27-year-old Prince had dropped a broad hint about scaling the world’s highest mountain in May this year at the end of his trek to the … Continue reading
Nepal’s ‘Super Sherpa’ to break Himalayan trail
Apa Sherpa, the Nepalese climber who has conquered Mount Everest a record 21 times, announced Wednesday plans to embark on a gruelling 1,700 kilometre (1,060-mile) trek across the Himalayas. The 51-year-old father of three, dubbed “Super Sherpa”, will set off in January on the 120-day walk with climber Dawa Steven Sherpa in a bid to … Continue reading
Jordan Romero sets 7-peak climbing record
WASHINGTON, Dec 25: A 15-year-old American has become the youngest person to climb the highest mountains on each of the seven continents, completing the feat by summiting Antarctica´s Mount Vinson over the weekend. Jordan Romero, who last year at age 13 became the youngest person to climb the world´s tallest peak Mt. Everest, was descending … Continue reading