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Cancer Patient wants to Climb Mount Everest

A man with cancer who has been told he only has months left to live is hoping to climb Mount Everest.

Cancer Patient wants to Climb Mount Everest

85 Year Old to Climb Mount Everest

An 85-year-old former Gurkha is making a bid to reclaim his title as the world's oldest person to summit Mount Everest.

85 Year Old to Climb Mount Everest

Mount Everest Winter Climb is Over

Strong winds forced Spanish climber Alex Txikon to abandon his attempt to climb Mt Everest without supplemental oxygen from the Nepal side in the winter season, his expedition organiser said.

Mount Everest Winter Climb

Everest Winter Climb Restarts

Alex Txikon is now back at Mount Everest Base Camp to restart his winter climb to the top of the world without using bottled oxygen.

Mount Everest Winter Climb Restarts

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

In 1933 Andrew Irvines ice axe was found at 8,460m on Mount Everest. Why do you think it was there?

Please take your vote at Mount Everest The British Story

Results from last months question

Do you believe that in 2005 Didier Delsalle landed a helicopter on the summit of Mount Everest?

Yes 31%
No 51%
Not sure 18%

113,000 Tourists Visit Everest Base Camp

Mount Everest Base Camp received more than 113,000 tourists last year, with a year-on-year increase of 91 per cent, the local tourist administration said on Saturday.

113,000 Tourists Visit Everest Base Camp

Mollie Hughes Aiming For Everest Record

If Mollie Hughes attempt is successful she will become the youngest Briton, the youngest European woman and the first English woman to scale the peak from both the north and south sides.

Mollie Hughes Aiming For Everest Record

Messner Visits Txikon at Everest BC

Alex Txikon had the surprise of his life today when Reinhold Messner paid him a visit at Mount Everest Base Camp to support his winter climb without bottled oxygen.

Messner Visits Txikon at Everest BC

Winter Everest Climb Over

This isn’t a goodbye, it's a “see you later”. Alex Txikon has ended his climb, although he feels very strong physically and psychologically, the forecast of the next few days is terrifying.

Winter Mount Everest Climb Over

Sandra Noel Interview

Read an exclusive interview by Sandra Noel, the daughter of Captain John Noel from the 1920's British Mount Everest expeditions.

Sandra Noel Interview

Climbing Everest with Snapchat

Adrian Ballinger and Cory Richards are returning to Mount Everest this year hoping to reach the summit without 02 while documenting their journey on Snapchat.

Climbing Everest with Snapchat

Gurkhas to Return to Everest

In 2015 a team of Gurkhas survived a 7.8 magnitude earthquake while climbing on Mount Everest. This year, 2017, they are back again to finish what they had started.

Gurkhas to Return to Everest

Everest Climbers to have GPS Device

Some climbers on Mount Everest this season will be strapped with a GPS device to locate them in case they are in trouble and to prevent false claims of reaching the summit.

Everest Climbers to have GPS Device

British Photographer to Climb with Gurkhas

Professional mountaineer and photographer, Alun Richardson celebrates his 60th birthday with a commission of a lifetime - the official expedition photographer for the 2017 Gurkha Everest Expedition.

British Photographer to Climb with Gurkhas

Climbers on their way to Mount Everest

The first batch of climbers are on their way heading for Mount Everest. Over 500 foreign climbers are expected to climb the Nepal side of the mountain.

Climbers on their way to Mount Everest