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Environment 7 years ago

Mount Everest, the high-altitude rubbish dump

Decades of commercial mountaineering have turned Mount Everest into the world's highest rubbish dump as an increasing number of big-spending climbers pay little attention to the ugly footprint they leave behind.

News 7 years ago

Mount Merapi National Park closed following eruption

Mount Merapi National Park (TNGM) has closed all access routes to the mountain following the volcanic eruption on Friday morning.

National 7 years ago

120 mountaineers rescued from Mount Merapi

As many as 120 mountaineers were rescued from Mount Merapi at midday on Friday in Boyolali, Central Java. The mountaineers were at the Pasar Bubrah or Post II area, only 2 kilometers from the mountain's apex, when the eruption happened.

People 8 years ago

Female Sherpa from Nepal scales new heights

When Dawa Yangzum Sherpa first set her sights on being a mountain guide, she was told it was no job for a girl. Now she has proved her doubters wrong, becoming Nepal's first woman to earn a prestigious international qualification.

News 8 years ago

Mapala UI student conquers Antarctica's Vinson Massif

University of Indonesia's (UI) nature lovers community has conquered its sixth mountain of the world's Seven Summits challenge, as member Dedi Satria on Sunday scaled Antarctica’s highest peak, Vinson Massif.

People 8 years ago

Muhamad Gunawan: The mountain climbing cancer survivor

Mountain climber Muhammad “Ogun” Gunawan wants to make sure that before he passes away, his dream of conquering Mount Everest comes true.

News 8 years ago

Three climbers set out to conquer Indonesia's 7 highest peaks in 100 days

A team of Indonesians set out to break a record on Tuesday as they embark on a quest to conquer the seven highest peaks in the country within 100 days.

News 8 years ago

Indonesian students reach highest North American peak

Three Indonesian students from Airlangga University in Surabaya, East Java, have made it to the top of Denali in Alaska.

News 8 years ago

Fraud at 8,848 metres: Are Everest ascents too easy to fake?

Satyarup Siddhanta only discovered he was at the center of an Everest fraud when he spotted news of a couple whose false claim to have scaled the world's highest peak has set off a debate about how mountaineering feats are authenticated.

People 8 years ago

85-year-old Everest record seeker died of altitude sickness

An 85-year-old ex-Gurkha who was attempting to reclaim his title as the world's oldest person to summit Mount Everest died of altitude sickness, the expedition organizer said Sunday.

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mountaineering

Mount Everest, the high-altitude rubbish dump

Mount Merapi National Park closed following eruption

120 mountaineers rescued from Mount Merapi

Female Sherpa from Nepal scales new heights

Mapala UI student conquers Antarctica's Vinson Massif

Muhamad Gunawan: The mountain climbing cancer survivor

Three climbers set out to conquer Indonesia's 7 highest peaks in 100 days

Indonesian students reach highest North American peak

Fraud at 8,848 metres: Are Everest ascents too easy to fake?

85-year-old Everest record seeker died of altitude sickness

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