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Couple becomes first Chinese to scale Nuptse
17 May 2026A Chinese couple, along with other climbers, scaled Mt Nuptse in the Everest region, becoming the first from China to stand atop the 7,855-metre mountain.
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ClimbingRecord-holding Ukrainian Valentyn scales Everest for fifth Everest-Lhotse traverse
17 May 2026Ukrainian mountaineer Valentyn Sypavin scaled Mt Everest this morning, completing his season’s third 8,000-metre peak as he aims to complete the Everest-Lhotse traverse for the fifth time this season.
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ClimbingLegendary climber Kami Rita Sherpa breaks own record with 32nd Everest summit
17 May 2026‘The Everest Man’ Kami Rita Sherpa has done it again. The legendary mountaineer summited Mount Everest for the 32nd time this morning, breaking his own world record for the most successful climbs of the world's tallest peak.
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ClimbingAPF's Anita Karki becomes first woman from Nepal's Armed Police Force to summit Everest
17 May 2026Anita Karki, an Assistant Head Constable with the Armed Police Force Nepal, has written her name into the institution's history by becoming its first female mountaineer to summit Mount Everest.
