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Legendary Kazakhstani climber Anatoli Boukreev is one of the characters in the Hollywood movie Everest about the tragedy happened in 1996 during the ascent of Everest.

• 30 сентября 2015, 16:38

Distraught Nepalese guides and climbers cancelled expeditions on Mount Everest Monday after at least 13 colleagues died in an avalanche, as anger mounted at poor payments for sherpas who take huge risks on the world's highest peak.

• 22 апреля 2014, 10:16

An Indian woman who lost her leg after she was thrown from a moving train two years ago has become the first female amputee to climb Everest.

• 22 мая 2013, 19:04

An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer has begun his ascent of Mount Everest, his website said, in a bid to become the oldest man to reach the roof of the world.

• 17 мая 2013, 14:44

Discarded oxygen cylinders, ropes, tents, beer cans and even the remains of a helicopter have been turned into sculpture to highlight waste littering the slopes of Mount Everest.

• 23 ноября 2012, 12:43