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Makalu high camp with elevation of 5600M .now it’s time to start rotation in world 5th highest mountain Makalu 8485Meters.
 

Nepali Sherpa scales Mount Everest for a record 32nd time​

  • More than 8,000 people have climbed Mount Everest, many of them several times, since it was first scaled by Norgay and Hillary
May 17, 2026

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KATHMANDU: A renowned Nepali Sherpa guide scaled Mount Everest for the 32nd time on Sunday, an official said, smashing his own record set last year.

Kami Rita Sherpa, 56, reached the 8,849-metre (29,032 ‌foot) peak - the highest in the world - while guiding clients from the 14 Peaks Expedition company.

Nepal’s Department of Tourism congratulated the Sherpa for achieving the “historic milestone” and for his contributions to promoting mountain tourism.


He reached the summit at 10:12 a.m. (0427 GMT) on Sunday, it said in a statement ⁠adding that a Sherpa woman, Lakhpa, 52, had made her 11th ascent to the peak, the most by a woman. Details of the climbs were not available.

Kami Rita was born in the same Thame village in Solukhumbu district as Tenzing Norgay. Norgay and New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary were the first to climb Everest in 1953.

Kami Rita climbed the peak for the first time in 1994 and has repeated the feat every year except in 2014, 2015 and ‌2020 ⁠when expeditions to Everest were closed for different reasons. He reached the summit twice in some years.

More than 8,000 people have climbed Mount Everest, many of them several times, since it was first scaled by Norgay and Hillary.

Among non-Sherpa climbers, the record is ⁠held by British guide Kenton Cool who has accomplished the feat 19 times followed by American climbers Dave Hahn and Garrett Madison with 15 climbs each. Cool and Madison ⁠are currently on Everest to improve their records.
 
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Miracle on Everest: Guide believed dead spotted crawling down ice​


Kamal Pariyar
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Getty Images Medical personnel attend to Dawa Sherpa, and Everest climbing guide, as they prepare to airlift him to hospital aboard a yellow helicopter


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Dawa Sherpa vanished on Mount Everest last week and was feared to have died
A Nepali climbing guide thought to have died on Mount Everest has been found crawling down to Base Camp, six days after he was last seen alive.

Dawa Sherpa was last seen above Camp 3, at around 7,500m (24,600ft), while coming down the mountain after summiting.

Hopes for his survival were slim as the air at that altitude is thin - but on Thursday, a cleaning crew spotted the experienced climber, who had frostbite on his hands but appeared to be in good health, sliding slowly down.

"Dawa managed to survive against all odds for days. It's nothing short of a miracle," said Pemba Sherpa, executive director of 8K Expeditions which was overseeing search efforts. "This is a true self-rescue."

Five people have died so far in this year's climbing, three of them Nepalis who were involved in the Everest preparations, according to news agency AFP.

More than 1,000 reached the Everest summit this season, making it the busiest on record.

Dawa Sherpa - also known as Hillary Dawa Sherpa after famed mountaineer Edmund Hillary - was "slowly sliding through" the Khumbu Icefall toward Base Camp when he was found, Pemba Sherpa said.

Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC) A man in a blue climbing coat drinking an orange soup from a bowl, being helped by a man in a black puffer coat


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Dawa Sherpa (L), who was feared dead after going missing on Everest last week, has been found

"As far as I know, no one has survived alone at that altitude on Everest so far. This is a miracle to have survived for six days alone and descended safe. I think he must have lived inside the tents to keep himself safe," said Pemba Sherpa.

Dawa Sherpa is "awake and undergoing treatment", according to Nishant Dhakal, a doctor in the intensive care unit of Kathmandu's HAMS Hospital.

"He recognised me … is good and speaks," his daughter Mhendo Lhamo Sherpa told Reuters news agency after visiting him. "We are happy."
 

French mountaineer dies as avalanche hits GB's K-6 peak​


Jamil Nagri Published June 24, 2026 Updated 29 minutes ago
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GILGIT: French climber Guillaume Pierrel lost his life after a snow avalanche hit as he attempted to scale the 7,282-metre-high K-6 peak in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Ghanche district.

Mountains in the north of Pakistan are a popular destination for adventure tourism, with many climbers aiming to summit prestigious peaks such as K2 and Nanga Parbat. However, rough terrain and harsh weather conditions create a challenge, frequently causing deaths and injuries.

Tour operator Ishaq Ali told Dawn that a foreign climbing team — comprising 41-year-old Pierrel and Boris Jule from France, and Christina Maria from Switzerland — was attempting to scale K-6 situated in Ghanche’s Hushe valley. The team set out on the expedition on June 6.

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He said that during the attempt, a snow avalanche hit the team at an altitude of about 5,000m. Pierrel died on the spot, while the other two climbers remained safe, the tour operator said.


“Through satellite communication, they informed their relatives in France and ultimately, the relatives contacted me at 11am this morning,” said Ali.

A recovery team consisting of local police and volunteers has been immediately dispatched to the area to trace the body of the climber.

Pakistan is home to five of the world’s 14 peaks exceeding 8,000m, including K2 (8,611m), the world’s second-highest mountain, as well as Nanga Parbat (8,126m), Gasherbrum-I (8,080m), Broad Peak (8,051m), and Gasherbrum-II (8,035m).

Sajid Hussain, assistant director at the GB tourism department, said the climbing and trekking season typically runs from June to mid-August.

According to the department, concerns had been raised about the potential adverse impact of the now-paused US-Iran war and the resulting rise in fuel prices on GB’s tourism and hospitality industry. However, the situation on the ground suggests otherwise, with a surge in both foreign and domestic tourists.

According to officials from the department, applications from foreign adventure tourists for climbing and trekking permits have already surpassed last year’s figures.

In the summer of 2024, around 2,200 foreign adventure tourists, 24,000 foreign tourists without permits, and nearly one million domestic tourists visited the region.

However, last year, around 2,000 permits were issued to foreign adventure tourists for climbing and trekking, as climate disasters and tensions along the Pakistan-India border led to a sharp decline in tourist arrivals.

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Recovery team dispatched to trace Guillaume Pierrel's body; tour operator says other 2 climbers part of expedition safe.
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Sad indeed. Pakistan needs to improve its tourism industry other than mountain climbing lol.
 
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French mountaineer dies as avalanche hits GB's K-6 peak​


Jamil Nagri Published June 24, 2026 Updated 29 minutes ago
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GILGIT: French climber Guillaume Pierrel lost his life after a snow avalanche hit as he attempted to scale the 7,282-metre-high K-6 peak in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Ghanche district.

Mountains in the north of Pakistan are a popular destination for adventure tourism, with many climbers aiming to summit prestigious peaks such as K2 and Nanga Parbat. However, rough terrain and harsh weather conditions create a challenge, frequently causing deaths and injuries.

Tour operator Ishaq Ali told Dawn that a foreign climbing team — comprising 41-year-old Pierrel and Boris Jule from France, and Christina Maria from Switzerland — was attempting to scale K-6 situated in Ghanche’s Hushe valley. The team set out on the expedition on June 6.

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He said that during the attempt, a snow avalanche hit the team at an altitude of about 5,000m. Pierrel died on the spot, while the other two climbers remained safe, the tour operator said.


“Through satellite communication, they informed their relatives in France and ultimately, the relatives contacted me at 11am this morning,” said Ali.

A recovery team consisting of local police and volunteers has been immediately dispatched to the area to trace the body of the climber.

Pakistan is home to five of the world’s 14 peaks exceeding 8,000m, including K2 (8,611m), the world’s second-highest mountain, as well as Nanga Parbat (8,126m), Gasherbrum-I (8,080m), Broad Peak (8,051m), and Gasherbrum-II (8,035m).

Sajid Hussain, assistant director at the GB tourism department, said the climbing and trekking season typically runs from June to mid-August.

According to the department, concerns had been raised about the potential adverse impact of the now-paused US-Iran war and the resulting rise in fuel prices on GB’s tourism and hospitality industry. However, the situation on the ground suggests otherwise, with a surge in both foreign and domestic tourists.

According to officials from the department, applications from foreign adventure tourists for climbing and trekking permits have already surpassed last year’s figures.

In the summer of 2024, around 2,200 foreign adventure tourists, 24,000 foreign tourists without permits, and nearly one million domestic tourists visited the region.

However, last year, around 2,000 permits were issued to foreign adventure tourists for climbing and trekking, as climate disasters and tensions along the Pakistan-India border led to a sharp decline in tourist arrivals.

Our readers are at the heart of everything we do.
Do you have a thought to share or a way we can improve? We’d love to hear it. Reach out to us at [email protected].
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Jamil Nagri is a Gilgit-Baltistan-based correspondent for Dawn with over a decade of experience in journalism. His reporting and feature writing focus on CPEC, climate change, the environment, and adventure tourism. He can be found on X at @jamilnagri.
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