Mick Allen Interview

British Mount Everest climber Mick Allen has kindly taken time out of his busy schedule to do an interview for 'Mount Everest The British Story'.

Mick Allen Interview

Sherpas denied summit certificates

The government has deprived more than 300 Sherpas, who successfully scaled mountains, including Mount Everest, during the last climbing season, of summit certificates.

Sherpas denied summit certificates

New Rules for Mountaineers

Nepal is considering to ban lone mountaineers and restricting people with complete blindness, double amputation, as well as those above 75 years of age, from climbing peaks, including Mt Everest, to minimise accident risks on the Himalayas.

New Rules for Mountaineers

Andrew Sandy Irvine House

The Birkenhead family home of Everest climber Andrew “Sandy” Irvine is set to be converted into apartments.

Andrew Sandy Irvine House

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

Xu Jing said he saw Irvine's body below the First Step in 1960, why didn’t any searches find him?

Please take your vote at Mount EverestThe British Story

Results from last months question

Should the British government arrange and pay for the search of Andrew Irvine on Mount Everest?

Yes 52%
No 45%
Not Sure 3%

Xu never said he saw Irving. He only said he saw an "English dead". Many think that it was Mallory he saw, while others thing Irving. Xu only spoke Chinese, so the conversation was mostly with hand signals. He was killed shortly after the conversation, so no one could follow up on what he saw.

Thanks for pointing that out, I will change the question to 'English Dead'.

Mount Everest VR is out now.

Experience the sights and sounds as you reach the highest summit in the world using the HTC Vive headset.

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Alex returning to the Himalayas

Kelsall adventurer Alex Staniforth is planning to return to the world’s highest mountain range, a year after being caught up in an avalanche on Mount Everest to climb the sixth highest peak in the world, Cho Oyu.

Alex returning to the Himalayas

Chris Bonington Lectures

One of the UK's most loved mountaineers, Sir Chris Bonington has released his dates for his up coming lectures called 'My Life and Times' during October 2016.

Chris Bonington Lectures

Doug Scott Lectures

During 2016 Doug will be visiting various locations in the UK with his lecture tour celebrating his historic climb on Everest in 1975: Everest The Hard Way.

Doug Scott Lectures

Everest Climb in Winter

Japanese Nobukazu Kuriki wants to tackle Mount Everest in the post-monsoon season. He is planning to climb solo, without bottled oxygen, this time via the Tibetan north side.

Everest Climb in Winter

Why does the thread say a winter ascent? Mid September isn't even remotely close to winter.

Scott wrote:Why does the thread say a winter ascent? Mid September isn't even remotely close to winter.

Here in the UK it is the start of Winter.

Everest Film: Poorna

Malavath Poorna, age 13 became the youngest girl in the world to scale Mount Everest two years ago, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to unveil the first look of her biopic “Poorna”.

Everest Film: Poorna