Nepalese mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa has set a new world record by successfully summiting Mount Everest for the 32nd time, further extending his own record as the most ascents of the world’s highest peak. Read More: Nepalese Sherpa completes record 23rd Everest climb The 56-year-old climber reached the 8,849-metre summit early on May 17 alongside a team of fellow Sherpa […]
Himalayas
PM’s aide says Himalayas become ‘hottest region’ on earth
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam on Friday said that Pakistan, which was undergoing a heatwave phenomenon at the moment, was recorded as the hottest region in the world. He was addressing a webinar on “Children and Ecosystem Restoration” jointly organized by UNICEF and the Ministry of Climate […]
Nepal expedition to remeasure height of Everest: officials
Nepal is sending a team of government-appointed climbers up Mount Everest to remeasure its height, officials said Monday, hoping to quash persistent speculation that the world’s tallest mountain has shrunk. Four government surveyors will depart Wednesday for Everest, which lies on the Himalayan range straddling the border of Nepal and China. Its official height is […]