Everest
Katmandou (AFP) - L'alpiniste népalaise Phunjo Lama, qui a battu jeudi le record de l'ascension de l'Everest la plus rapide par une femme, a assuré dimanche qu'elle ne courait pas après les records mais voulait montrer le talent des guides de son pays. Cette sauveteuse de haute montagne, spécialisée dans les interventions en hélicoptère, a battu de plus de onze heures le précédent record, qu'elle détenait depuis 2021, en parvenant sur le toit du monde en 14 heures et 31 minutes. Des générations de Népalais, en particulier au sein de la fameuse communauté des Sherpas, ont escaladé l'Himalaya, m...
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Kathmandu (AFP) - A US mountaineer has died on Everest in the fourth fatality on the world's highest peak this climbing season. Jonathan Sugarman, 69, was on an acclimatisation rotation at around 6,400 metres (21,000 feet) when he died on Monday, his expedition organiser said. "He was feeling unwell and passed away at Camp 2. Efforts are underway to bring (back) his body," Pasang Tshering Sherpa of Beyul Adventure told AFP. "We are trying to send a helicopter but it is snowing and the weather is not favourable," he said. Beyul Adventure is a local partner of US-based expedition organiser Inte...
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Kathmandu (AFP) - Mountaineer Akash Neggi is fully prepared to take on the world's highest mountain -- after spending several weeks sleeping in a tent in his living room in New Jersey. As Nepal battles Covid-19, a growing number of climbers are using oxygen-deprivation tents ahead of their expeditions to reduce exposure to the coronavirus by cutting down the length of their Himalayan adventure. Mount Everest aspirants typically spend eight days trekking from Kathmandu to base camp at 5,364 metres (17,598 feet), using the journey to acclimatise to high-altitude conditions. But this year, more t...
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