Asia Pacific Jun 5, 2021
Lakpa Sherpa has climbed Mount Everest seven times. But he says this year's season, which was marked by the coronavirus, cyclones and misinformation, was the most challenging of his career.
More Sports May 22, 2021
Claiming the summit without reaching the top
by John Branch
Revelations from a team of respected researchers have thrust a question into the open: Has anyone ever reached the top of all the world's 8,000 meter peaks?
Asia Pacific May 7, 2021
More than 30 sick climbers have been evacuated from the foot of Mount Everest, raising fears that coronavirus may scupper a hoped-for bumper season on the world's highest mountain.
National May 18, 2020
Mount Fuji to be closed to climbers this summer due to virus
For the first time it at least 60 years, Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures opt to not open all four trails to the top of the iconic mountain.
National / Science & Health Apr 23, 2020
Japan mountaineering groups ask climbers to stay away during pandemic
Four associations in Japan involved in mountain activities have released a joint statement asking people to refrain from climbing until the threat of COVID-19 subsides. They issued the appeal to climbers in a statement dated April 20, ahead of the Golden Week holidays that begin ...
Asia Pacific Feb 28, 2020
Snowfall ends rare winter ascent of Everest by Nepal sherpas
Four Sherpa climbers ended a rare expedition to climb Mount Everest in winter and within just five days because of heavy snow, officials said on Thursday. The team led by 34-year-old Tashi Lakpa Sherpa, an eight-time Everest veteran, left Kathmandu for the mountain on Monday ...
Asia Pacific Dec 18, 2019
Veteran climbers skeptical proposed rules for Mount Everest will stop deaths
Veteran climbers of Mount Everest are skeptical that proposed new regulations by the Nepalese government to tighten the permit process for adventurers will address the root causes of this year's heavy death toll on the world's tallest peak. American mountaineers Ed Viesturs and Alan Arnette ...
World Dec 6, 2019
Low temperatures in Pyrenees save life of hiker who endured six-hour cardiac arrest
A 34-year-old British hiker was revived in Spain after a six-hour cardiac arrest brought on by severe hypothermia, with the low temperatures that made her ill also helping to save her life. Audrey Mash's ordeal began on Tuesday when she and her husband were hiking ...
National Nov 13, 2019
Body on Mount Fuji confirmed as that of Tokyo man who livestreamed fall
A body that was discovered last month on Mount Fuji has been confirmed to be that of a 47-year-old man from Tokyo who was livestreaming himself when he fell from the snow-capped summit. Tetsu Shiohara, who died from injuries sustained in the fall, was using ...
Travel Jul 26, 2019
Nagano's famed Jonen mountain hut celebrates 100 years of stunning vistas
by Chris Cook
First opened in 1919, the Jonen-goya mountain hut is still going strong at 100 — offering adventurous hikers in Nagano Prefecture's Japan Alps a place to rest and recharge.
National Jun 26, 2019
Mount Fuji opens to climbers Monday, but summit inaccessible for now
by Hinano Kobayashi
The Yoshida trail, the most popular of the four routes taken to climb Mount Fuji, will open Monday for the climbing season, but climbers using the trail won't yet be able to reach the summit. The route is still blocked by a rock-slide caused by ...
Commentary / World Jun 3, 2019
Everest's deadly toll has a commercial solution
by Adam Minter
Letting the private sector manage the world's highest mountain would reduce overcrowding and improve safety.