Climbers Gallery

The Climbers Gallery has been updated with a photograph of British climber Jon Gupta on the summit of Mount Everest on the 16th May 2017.

Climbers Gallery

Pemba Dorje Sherpa Receives Honour

Pemba Dorje Sherpa has received an honour for successfully placing the portrait of late King Prithvi Narayan Shah at the top of Mount Everest.

Pemba Dorje Sherpa Receives Honour

I have added a new poll question for the month of July.

What is your favourite book from the British 1920’s Mount Everest Expeditions?

Please take your vote at Mount Everest The British Story

Results from last months question

Where do you think Mallory and Irvine's other oxygen cylinders are?

Above the 2nd Step 27%
Above the 3rd Step 27%
In the Couloir 32%
Somewhere else 15%

Gurkha Mount Everest Summit Video

A short video showing the Gurkha Everest Expedition team on the summit of Mount Everest in May 2017.

Gurkha Mount Everest Summit Video

British Everest Summiteers 2017

I am trying to put together my list of the British climbers who reached the summit of Mount Everest in May 2017. If you stood on the summit of Mount Everest in 2017 and hold a British passport can you please check the following, thank you.

British Everest Summiteers 2017

From a Wheelchair to the Summit of Everest

Aparna Prabhudesai had been told by doctors that she could never walk again without support, climbing Mount Everest seemed like a dream.

From a Wheelchair to the Summit of Everest

Free Wi-Fi on Everest Summit

Mountaineers climbing the Mount Everest have some pleasant news on connectivity. Everest Link, a Nepalese company, is offering Internet services over Wi-Fi at multiple locations on the highest peak in the world.

Free Wi-Fi on Everest Summit

Mount Everest Signed Stamp Covers

Buckingham Covers, the UKs leading producers of First Day Covers have some extremely sought after stamp covers that have been signed by members of the British 1953 Mount Everest Expedition.

Mount Everest Signed Stamp Covers

Holly Budge Interview

British adventurer Holly Budge was the first woman to skydive above Mount Everest. She also stood on its summit in May 2017.

Holly has very kindly taken time out of her busy life to do an interview for Mount Everest The British Story

Holly Budge Interview

Denying summit certificates an insult to Sherpas

Norbu Tenzing Norgay has said that the government’s move to bar Sherpa climbers from obtaining summit certificates only adds insult to injury for the unsung heroes of mountain climbing.

Denying summit certificates an insult to Sherpas

Mount Everest Signed Books

I have made another video showing more of my signed first edition books that relate to Mount Everest and its climbers that I have in my collection.

Mount Everest Signed Books Part 3

Jon Gupta Interview

Jon Gupta has reached the summit of Mount Everest twice and is the leading guide of ‘Mountain Expeditions’. Jon has very kindly taken time out of his busy life to do an interview for Mount Everest The British Story

Jon Gupta Interview

I Climbed Everest and beat my eating disorder

Bonita Norris decided that she wanted to climb Mount Everest when she was 16. At the time she had only ever climbed a tree and was in the secret grip of an eating disorder. Yet six years later she became the youngest British woman to scale the world’s highest peak.

I Climbed Everest and beat my eating disorder

Holly Budge Summit Photograph

The Climbers Gallery has been updated with a photograph of British climber Holly Budge on the summit of Mount Everest on the 22nd May 2017.

Holly Budge Summit Photograph

72 year old Training for Mount Everest

Ramiro Herrera is setting a high bar, determined to become one of the oldest people to climb Mount Everest. He is training for it at an unexpected place: the heat of South Texas.

72 year old Training for Mount Everest