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The first woman to ascend Everest, Japanese climber Junko Tabei, has died aged 77, her family say.
An Indian couple falsified photographs of themselves at the top of Mount Everest to get their feat certified by Kathmandu, Nepal said on Wednesday, after earlier saying the climb was valid.
The immersion is so great in Everest, it feels less like a video game than a real-life adventure
Phukon's sherpa guide later told him the woman was 34-year old Australian Maria Strydom, who died last Saturday on the high slopes of Everest after making a failed push for the summit.
A 43-year-old Indian mountaineer has died while descending from the summit of Mount Everest, in the third fatality on the world’s tallest mountain in as many days since climbing resumed after last year’s avalanche tragedy at Base Camp.
Two Sri Lankan nationals, Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala and Johann Peries will begin their final ascend to summit Mount Everest this week, becoming the country's first to reach the highest peak in the world, a statement said here on Monday.
A Nepali sherpa led a nine-man team to the top of Mount Everest on Wednesday, becoming the first to scale the world's tallest peak from the Nepali side since a deadly earthquake in 2015 and a fatal avalanche the year before forced climbers to retreat.