The challenge of conquering the highest peak in the world is a common childhood dream. But only an elite and determined few actually carry that dream through to fruition to plant a flag atop the majestic Mt Everest. It takes more than just a yearning for adventure to summit a mountain as tough as Everest. [...]
On the 17th of May 2010, Bonita Norris returned to the safety of Everest Base Camp, trekking down to meet her team and earn a place in history as the youngest Briton ever to summit the world’s highest peak.
At the age of 22, Bonita (from Berkshire, Great Britain) has eclipsed the record of Victoria James, [...]
Anyone who has visited Everest base camp or who cultivates an interest in the mountain will know that it stands at 8,848m. Something fewer people know is when this figure was discovered and who was responsible for it. The following is a question and answer session designed to satisfy your curiosity.
“Measuring Everest”: Q&A
How tall is [...]
Leo Dickinson is an action sports filmmaker who gets a thrill from working at extreme heights. As a parachutist and mountaineer, he has used is expertise in the Himalaya to organise sky-diving holidays over the range that can include an Everest Base Camp Trek. Whether he is jumping into a cave, off a mountain, or [...]
Trekking to Everest Base Camp is an essential part of the route for every Everest summit attempt. There are various Everest Base Camp treks and most begin with a flight into Lukla airport at a height of 2860 metres. Each of these trekking routes provides a picturesque and rewarding way to tackle the rise in [...]
The name ‘Sherpa’ is often mistaken for a term meaning ‘mountain porter’ on an Everest trek, because we rarely see the word in any other context. The Sherpa people are in fact a distinct ethnic group of people living in the northern highlands of Nepal and the Khumbu, which we know as the Everest region.
Despite [...]
The actor Brian Blessed, with his bulky beard and booming voice, is probably the most recognisable person to have attempted to climb Mount Everest’s massive 8,848 metres. He is no stranger to Everest base camp, having been part of three expeditions up the mountain.
Blessed’s Everest Trek Emulates Mallory
He made his first run at the mountain [...]
We often hear about the successes of mountaineers who head up the world’s highest mountain, and return part of a select group who reached the top of the world. But we don’t often hear of the good work that goes into getting people as far as Everest Base Camp, especially if they don’t intend to [...]
For many people, television and film images are their only window onto Mount Everest (8,848m). However, TV pictures rarely manage to capture and preserve for prosperity the unique majesty of the mountain. The striking impact of good photography – such an expressive art form – is the only medium that truly does justice to this [...]
It was almost inevitable that a high mountain like Mount Everest (8,848m) would become a high profile platform for environmental issues. On December the 7th 2009, the UN Climate Change Conference will begin in Copenhagen, but green campaigns are already under way to put pressure on world leaders to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
The most daring [...]
Sir Ranulph Fiennes, one of Britain’s finest adventurers, famous for polar expeditions and feats of endurance, has published his memoirs following his expeditions up Mount Everest (8848 m) the world’s highest mountain.
In May 2009, Sir Ranulph Fiennes finally achieved his ambition of reaching the summit of Mount Everest, having tried the Everest trekking routes up [...]
