Everest oxygen failure accidents avoided
A veteran Sherpa guide scaled Mount Everest on Wednesday for the 22nd time, setting a record for the most climbs of the world's highest mountain, while a female Sherpa made it to the summit for the ninth time, shattering her own record for the most climbs by a woman.
"Kami Rita Sherpa reached the summit this morning at around 8:30 a.m. local time along with other climbers", Gyanendra Shrestha, an official at the Department of Tourism under the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, told Xinhua via telephone from the base camp.
Most hopefuls are escorted by a Nepali guide, meaning about 700 climbers will tread the same path to the top of the 8,850-metre (29,035-foot) peak in the coming weeks.
The rapid growth in the climbing industry has accompanied complaints of overcrowding on the mountain and fears that inexperienced mountaineers could run into trouble.
Kami Rita first climbed Everest as a 24-year-old in 1994.
Texas, Alabama Football Teams Schedule Home & Home Series
Texas (898/2nd NCAA) and Alabama (891/5th NCAA) have combined to play 248 years of football and post 1,789 all-time victories. The Crimson Tide defeated the Longhorns 37-21 in that game, but Texas still leads the overall series 7-1-1.
Spike Lee Blasts Trump During Cannes Speech Over Charlottesville Riots
I know my heart, I don't care what the critics say or anybody else, but we are on the right side of history with this film. Having already wrapped the film, Lee added the Charlottesville coda after the unrest in the American summer of past year .
Social media reacts to massive power breakdown across country
Several operations were postponed, while medics were forced to conduct check-ups in Out Patient Departments (OPDs) in the dark. Technical teams have reached the power plant with the secretary of the Power Division, to start work on the fault immediately.
The other two previous summit record-holders are also Sherpas. However, an informed source from Everest Base Camp told The Kathmandu Post that Phurba Tashi may climb Everest again.
She moved to the United States 16 years ago and says she plans to continue climbing, while keeping her job in the supermarket. She lives most of the year in the U.S. state of CT and has a son and two daughters.
The route to the summit was opened up by a team of Sherpa guides earlier this week.
Although Sherpa was scheduled to climb the world's tallest peak on Thursday, he achieved the feat a day before, surprising all his mountaineering colleagues and officials.
Ethnic Sherpas, renowned for their endurance and experience at high altitudes, serve as guides for many foreign mountaineers attempting to climb the highest Himalayan peaks.
Recommended News
-
16 May 2018Pochettino: Spurs must be fearless and take risks
Spurs' win means they finish third having already achieved Champions League qualification by beating Newcastle United in midweek. The manager will hold talks with Levy over the summer, with the chairman eager to get Pochettino to commit to a longer contract.
16 May 2018ZTE Is Among Samsung's Plans To Expand Exynos Processor Sales
Samsung's System LSI business saw a 27 percent rise in shipments previous year , Counterpoint says. However, nearly all of the semiconductor processors made by them are used for their own devices.
16 May 2018MPs savage rotten state of Carillion
Finally, Philip Green , who joined the board in 2011 and became Chairman in 2014, is labelled as an "unquestioning optimist". The report said: "These were empty threats - the Carillion directors knew it and got their way". -
16 May 2018Former student shot, 19, wounded after bringing gun to Dixon High
SaukValley.com reports that the student is in custody with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. Sauk Valley Media is reporting that the suspect is a 19-year-old former student of the school.
16 May 2018India selfish for refusing to play Day-Night Test
"Their challenge will be to bring some younger players through, because they're a pretty old team", Waugh said. Waugh, who played 128 Tests and 244 ODIs for Australia , joined the national selection panel in 2014.
16 May 2018Google investigated by Australian regulator over its Android data harvesting practices
Regulators found that telecom service customers are unknowingly paying for gigabytes of mobile data mined by the US tech giant. Google names its Android systems after candies and desserts, rather than referring to each software version by number . -
16 May 2018Disrupted body clock risks mental health issues
The disruptions were measured by an accelerometer worn on the subjects' wrists, tracking their levels of activity daily. The Lancet Psychiatry reported people up that late were likely to rate themselves very lonely and not happy.
16 May 2018Thandie Newton's Cannes Dress Is A Celebration Of Black 'Star Wars' Characters
Shouldn't his movie follow suit? There are some fine action sequences, and some that don't make much sense at all. Finally, I'll add that the ending felt a tad anti-climactic, especially after the big Kessel Run scene.
16 May 2018Chrome 66 Autoplay Changes Partially Rolled Back
Google now plans on re-introducing the restrictions in Chrome 70, but the Chrome team is looking into other options as well. As such, version 66.0.3359.181 of Chrome for Mac, Windows, and Linux today removes the autoplay policy for this API. -
DIRECTV NOW Update Includes Cloud DVR, More
The Android enthusiasm started with the original Motorola Droid, but the tech enthusiasm now covers just about everything. Furthermore, the "My Library" tab houses recorded content, while the "Discover" tab showcases on-demand content.
16 May 2018Senate panel poised to recommend Gina Haspel's confirmation
Gina Haspel is picking up Democratic support and is expected to get a nod on Wednesday from the Senate intelligence committee. Nelson, on the fence until now, has seen some re-election pressure Tuesday to vote for Haspel, with Republican opponent Gov.
16 May 2018Amazon has just made its biggest push into blockchain yet
Verizon announced today that it was going with Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its preferred public cloud provider . Lubin pointed that companies are deploying blockchain massively due to its impacts on their services.
