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Biggest clean up on Mount Everest

This year, the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee has launched its biggest ever spring clean on the mountain, removing over a tonne of rubbish just on the first day.

Biggest clean up on Mount Everest

Robot to climb Mount Everest

Sophia, the world's most advanced artificial intelligence robot, delivered a speech and said she will be the first non-human to climb the world's highest peak Mount Everest.

Robot to climb Mount Everest

Sherpa aiming for his twenty second climb on Mount Everest

Forty eight year old Kami Rita Sherpa will soon embark on a journey to set a new world record by climbing Mount Everest for his twenty second time.

Sherpa aiming for his twenty second climb on Mount Everest

Mallory and Irvine Books

There are many books out there that relate to George Mallory and Andrew Irvine, from biographies to those who have their own theory of what had happened on that fateful day in 1924 and about the discovery of Mallory’s body in 1999.

Mallory and Irvine Books

Mount Everest time-lapse film

At 2 a.m., when other Everest climbers were getting much needed sleep in their wind-battered tents, Elia Saikaly was setting up shots and waiting for ideal conditions to capture the mountain's night sky.

Mount Everest time-lapse film

Poll Question for April

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

Which is your favourite read?

Mount Everest The Reconnaissance1921
The Assault on Mount Everest 1922
The Fight for Everest 1924

Please take your vote at Mount Everest The British Story

Results from last months question

Where do you think Mallorys watch got broken?

During his fall 63%
Somewhere else 18%
Before his fall 11%
Not sure 8%

70 year old third attempt on Mount Everest

There’s no giving up for Malaysia's oldest mountain climber James Lee Chong Meng, as he has arrived in Lukla, Nepal yesterday – in his third attempt to conquer the peak of Everest.

70 year old third attempt on Mount Everest

Everest Icefall Doctors have opened route to Camp 1

Icefall doctors have opened a climbing route from the Base Camp to Camp I by placing ropes and ladders on the treacherous section of the Khumbu icefall.

Everest Icefall Doctors have opened route to Camp 1

85th anniversary of first flight over Mount Everest

Incredible images show how two daredevil British pilots became the first people to fly over Mount Everest as the feat hits its 85th anniversary.

85th anniversary of first flight over Mount Everest

16 year old Indian girl aiming to climb Everest

16-year-old Shivangi Pathak from India has started her trip to Base Camp aiming to become the youngest Indian woman to climb Mount Everest.

16 year old Indian girl aiming to climb Everest

British Mount Everest Dispatches

Follow the daily dispatches of the British climbers as they attempt to reach the summit of Mount Everest and return safely back to Base Camp.

British Mount Everest Dispatches

Messner, Habeler and team in Nepal for 40th anniversary of Everest climb

A team of renowned mountaineers who had pulled off a seemingly impossible expedition in 1978 has returned to Nepal to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the historic summit when two of its members scaled Mount Everest without using bottled oxygen.

Messner, Habeler and team in Nepal for 40th anniversary of Everest climb

Lhakpa Sherpa aiming for her ninth Everest summit

Lhakpa Sherpa from Nepal holds the world record for Everest summits by a woman and plans to return this month for another expedition to the top of the world.

Lhakpa Sherpa aiming for her ninth Everest summit

Reinhold Messner says climbing Everest has become quite safe

World renowned mountaineer Reinhold Messner said that climbing Mount Everest had become quite safe and economical.

Reinhold Messner says climbing Everest has become quite safe

Nepalese companies compete for Everest opportunities

As Nepal's 2018 climbing season gets under way, Nepalese companies are stepping up efforts to compete with Western operators helping foreign climbers to scale Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain.

Nepalese companies compete for Everest opportunities