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Ever since George Mallory’s expeditions in the early 1920s and Edmund Hillary-Tensing Norgay’s successful summit in 1953, Mount Everest has captivated thousands of passionate mountaineers. While climbing Everest still remains an impossible dream for most, trekking to the Everest base camp has become an achievable goal. Everest base cEver since George Mallory’s expeditions in the early 1920s and Edmund Hillary-Tensing Norgay’s successful summit in 1953, Mount Everest has captivated thousands of passionate mountaineers. While climbing Everest still remains an impossible dream for most, trekking to the Everest base camp has become an achievable goal. amp (EBC) trek is a feat that involves 10 days of arduous journey on foot, covering a distance of about 60 km one way, starting at 9,350 ft and reaching an impressive altitude of 17,598 ft. We set off with high spirits from Bengaluru and our fir...

Himalayan News Service   National Geographic selects adventurers from different parts of the globe every year as the Adventurers of the Year. Selection is based on a person’s extraordinary achievement in exploration, adventure sports, conservation, or humanitarianism. And calling Sherpa Akita “one of Nepal’s rising stars in climbing immersed herself in earthquake relief efforts, showing her courage both on and off the mountain” National Geographic chose her as one of the 10 Adventurers of the Year 2016. Among these nominees, one will be chosen as the winner of People’s Choice. For that you will need to vote for Sherpa Akita everyday through January 31, 2016. You can go to the link below and vote for her: http://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/…/vote/pasang-lhamu/ Courtesy: Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita Kathmandu There was a thunderous sound and she saw clouds of powder falling towards them. They ran in the house for safety. This was on April 25, w...

The San Ramon Valley High School student’s name is displayed on a flag on the world's tallest peak, thanks to a special expedition.   Danville, CA By Bea Karnes (Patch Staff) - How many people reading this have been to Mt. Everest? Sixteen-year-old Alex Maddux, a sophomore at San Ramon Valley High School, hasn’t, but his name is on a flag there. Maddux has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a disorder that causes progressive muscle weakness. A few months ago his mother Kim became aware of an expedition to Everest Base Camp with a flag carrying the names of 1,000 Duchenne patie...

- Post Report , Kathmandu Oct 2, 2015- The movie ‘Everest’,  based on the real events of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, was released theatrically on September 18 and a week later in Nepal. But this is not the first movie about the world's most popular mountain. There have been many. We give you a list of five, with  the highest ratings. Everest, 1998 Forty-five minute long American documentary film “Everest” revolves around mountaineers and difficulties they face during their journey to Mount Everest.  The film is narrated by actor Liam Neeson. The movie also stars Jamling Tenzing Norgay, son of mountaineer Tenzing Norgay. Rotten Tomatoes has given it a rating of 93%. The Conquest of Everest, 1953 This British documentary film is about the conquest of Mount Everest by Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary. The film also won a nomination for the ‘Best Documentary Feature’ category in the Oscars. IMDB has rated it with a score of 7.1/10 ...

Rachel Gillett   Adrian Ballinger     You might think Adrian Ballinger is a really lucky guy, considering he's survived countless avalanches and earthquakes on his voyages up some of the highest mountains in the world. In the more than 15 years Ballinger has been mountain guiding, he's led more than 100 international climbing expeditions and summited Mount Everest seven times. But much of his success actually comes down to a few key principles he's learned on his journeys. Ballinger, who is also CEO of high-altitude expeditions company Alpenglow Expeditions , says these lessons about success can apply to just about anything, especially business: Be wary of taking too many risks. "When scaling a mountain peak, you'll find it's best to keep t...

By Nick Krewen It’s been four months since a powerful earthquake rocked Nepal, killing more than 9,000 people nation-wide, including 19 climbers at the Mount Everest base camp. Now, two of the surviving climbers will share their stories of the disaster in a four-part original web series produced by Sooperfly, the digital video network launched earlier this year by Mumbai-based The 120 Media Collective . Mission Everest 2015 launches on YouTube on Wednesday, Sept. 2, with subsequent episodes released every Thursday for the remainder of the month. Executives with 120 Media have been promising original content creation since bringing Sooperfly to life in April in a joint partnership with U.K. channel management firm Diagonal View. In early August,  Roopak Saluja , 120 Media’s CEO and founder, said original series and longer-form programming would be forthcoming in the wake of a one year strategic deal struck with glob...

After decades of controversy, the name of Mount McKinley, the tallest mountain in North America, has been changed back to its original native Alaskan, Denali. The 20,237ft (6,168m) peak was named by a gold prospector in 1896 after he heard that William McKinley had been nominated to become the US president. US President Barack Obama announced the change ahead of a three-day visit to Alaska to highlight climate change. But Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner has denounced the move. The new name Denali translates as High One or Great One and is used widely by locals. "With our own sense of reverence for this place, we are officially renaming the mountain Denali in recognition of the traditions of Alaska Natives and the strong support of the people of Alaska," US Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said in a statement announcing the change. The statement went on to note that McKinley had never set foot in Alaska. Image caption The mountain was named in hono...