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Mingtemba Sherpa completes Everest region Triple Crown in eight days
21 May 2026Senior Seven Summit Treks guide Mingtemba Sherpa has completed the prestigious Triple Crown of the Everest region, Everest, Nuptse and Lhotse, in just eight days, capping a remarkable spring season that has already broken multiple Himalayan records.
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ClimbingNepali-American climber Ang Dorjee Sherpa summits Everest for 25th time
21 May 2026Nepali-American mountaineer Chhuldim Ang Dorjee Sherpa reached the summit of Mount Everest (8,848.86m) for the 25th time on Thursday morning, adding another milestone to an already extraordinary Himalayan career.
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ClimbingKristin Harila scales Lhotse, eyes Everest to complete oxygen-free triple crown
21 May 2026Norwegian mountaineer Kristin Harila summited Mount Lhotse (8,516m) on Thursday morning, completing the second leg of her audacious Triple Crown challenge — a single-season, no-supplemental-oxygen ascent of Nuptse, Lhotse, and Everest in the Khumbu region.
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Climbing'Time is tissue': Everest ER begins ilioprost treatment at base camp to cut frostbite risk
21 May 2026The Himalayan Rescue Association (HRA) clinic at Everest Base Camp is offering frostbite treatment on-site this spring season, including the first dose of ilioprost — a vascular medication typically administered in Kathmandu — for climbers presenting with frostbite at Camp I or higher, according to Dr Prince Singh of Everest ER at HRA.
