Climbing

The students of Master of Adventure Tourism Studies ( MATS) successfully summited Chulu Peak for their first academic expedition

Climbing a mountain is a very risky deal but many are eager to set records. That is when the role of mountain guides comes to play.

They have set a new record of climbing three peaks within 17 days.

Nerves once were Alberto Ginés Lopéz’s biggest obstacle on the climbing wall. Didn’t matter if he was in the finals or well down the standings

Arthur Muir, 75, scaled the peak earlier this month, beating the record by another American, Bill Burke, at age 67.

Record-holding climber Kami Rita Sherpa halted his attempt to scale Mount Everest for a 26th time because of a bad dream but plans to try again next year

An expert climbing guide said that a coronavirus outbreak on Everest has infected at least 100 climbers and support staff, amid official Nepalese denials of a COVID-19 cluster on the world’s highest peak