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Mt Everest records season's first summit as route opens from Nepal side
13 May 2026A team of rope-fixing climbers successfully scaled Mt Everest from the Nepal side this morning after opening a climbing route to the summit of the world's highest peak.
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ClimbingEverest summit route nears completion as rope-fixers push above 8,400m
12 May 2026Rope-fixing teams on Mount Everest have crossed the Balcony at 8,400 metres and are working through the night toward the summit, with the Expedition Operators' Association Nepal (EOAN) targeting a completed route by the morning of May 13.
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ClimbingNMA pays tribute to Bijay Ghimire Biswakarma, first Dalit Everest summiter, who died in Khumbu Icefall
12 May 2026The Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) on Tuesday paid tribute to Bijay Ghimire Biswakarma, the first person from Nepal's Dalit community to summit Mt. Everest, whose mortal remains were kept at the NMA premises from 12:30 pm to 1:00 pm to allow the public to pay their final respects to the pioneering climber.
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ClimbingPolish alpinist Bartosz Ziemski makes ski descent from Lhotse summit
12 May 2026Polish alpinist Bartosz Kacper Ziemski successfully made a ski descent from Mt. Lhotse after becoming the first person this season to summit the world’s fourth-highest mountain this afternoon.
