Posts Tagged ‘climbers’

Eight climbers killed on Klyuchevskaya Sopka, the highest active volcano in Eurasia

Eight climbers have died in an accident while ascending the highest active volcano in Asia, Klyuchevskaya Sopka. The group of 10 Russian climbers with two guides had sent a plea for help on Saturday. A helicopter with a rescue team was on the way to the site of the accident, Russian emergency officials said. The […]

Eight climbers killed on Klyuchevskaya Sopka, the highest active volcano in Eurasia

Eight climbers have died in an accident while ascending the highest active volcano in Asia, Klyuchevskaya Sopka. The group of 10 Russian climbers with two guides had sent a plea for help on Saturday. A helicopter with a rescue team was on the way to the site of the accident, Russian emergency officials said. The […]

Exhaustion Kills Two Everest Climbers, an American and a Swiss

KATHMANDU—A Swiss and an American climber have died on Mount Everest, hiking company officials said on Thursday, the first fatalities on the world’s highest peak this season. Abdul Waraich, 41, of Switzerland and American Puwei Liu, 55, died of exhaustion while descending the slopes of the 8,848.86 meter (29,031.69-foot) mountain on Wednesday, said Thaneshwar Guragai, […]

Swiss and American climbers die on Mount Everest in year’s first fatalities

A Swiss and an American climber have died on Mount Everest, in the first known fatalities of the year. Abdul Waraich, 41, from Switzerland, reached the peak of the world’s highest mountain before suffering from exhaustion, expedition organisers said. “Abdul successfully reached the summit but began experiencing issues during his descent,” said Chhang Dawa, from […]

China to set up ‘line of separation’ at summit of Mount Everest to protect its climbers amid Covid-19 spike in Nepal

Covid-19 curbs have reached the top of the world, with China saying it will create “a line of separation” at the summit of Mount Everest to prevent contact between Chinese climbers and those ascending from coronavirus-hit Nepal. Located at an altitude of 8,849 meters (29,032 ft), the summit of the world’s tallest mountain is a […]

K2: Nepalese climbers complete first winter ascent of world’s second highest peak

A team of climbers have made history by becoming the first to scale Pakistan’s K2 summit – the world’s second tallest peak – during winter. The 10 Nepalese sherpas, among them Nirmal Purja, a former Gurkha and UK special forces member who had previously climbed all 14 of the world’s 8,000-metre peaks in just over […]

Nepali climbers make history with first winter summit of K2

A team of Nepali climbers have become the first people to summit the world’s second-highest peak, K2, during the winter seasons. The climbers reached the summit of the mountain around 5 pm, According to a local Alpine Club official, and a statement on one of the team member’s websites. Standing at 8,611 meters, K2 is […]

Colorado To Require Police Officers To Undergo Psychological Evaluations

Print Friendly Above Photo: From PopularResistance.org. Colorado ruled Monday that police officers in the state be required to undergo full psychological evaluations. The checks would occur before an officer is hired, and every time an officer changes jobs or jurisdictions in the state thereafter, the Denver Post reported. According to the Post, state law already requires psychological evaluations […]

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