Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
More than 120 people have been killed after a powerful earthquake struck a remote region of Tibet on Tuesday morning, with tremors felt across the Himalayas in neighboring Nepal, Bhutan and parts ...
Almost all the mountaineering challenges on Mount Everest have now been overcome, but there remain three routes with extraordinary difficulties: a direttissima climb up the avalanche-prone East Face, a direttissima climb up the Southwest Face and ascent of the north pillar on the East Face over the (according to George Mallory) so-called ...
The avalanche is reported to have started between Pumori (Left) and Lingtren (middle peak) [2] Khumbutse to the right Mount Everest was approximately 220 kilometres (140 miles) east of the epicentre, and between 700 and 1,000 people were on or near the mountain when the earthquake struck, [3] [4] including 359 climbers at Base Camp, many of whom had returned after the aborted 2014 season. [5]
Lincoln Ross Hall OAM (19 December 1955 – 20 March 2012) was a veteran Australian mountaineer, adventurer and author.Lincoln was part of the first Australian expedition to climb Mount Everest in 1984, which successfully forged a new route.
Francis Sydney Smythe, better known as Frank Smythe or F. S. Smythe (6 July 1900 – 27 June 1949), was an English mountaineer, author, photographer and botanist. He is best remembered for his mountaineering in the Alps as well as in the Himalayas, where he identified a region that he named the "Valley of Flowers", now a protected park.
New Zealand's food safety regulator on Wednesday said it is investigating possible contamination in spice products of top Indian brands MDH and Everest after they faced scrutiny in other countries.
North Face of Mount Everest. "1st", "2nd", and "3rd" indicate the Three Steps. The Three Steps are three prominent rocky steps on the northeast ridge of Mount Everest.They are located at altitudes of 8,564 metres (28,097 ft), 8,610 metres (28,250 ft), and 8,710 metres (28,580 ft).
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!