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We Asked Mountaineers to Review a New Netflix Film On a Wild Mountaineering Mission
“14 Peaks” follows the journey of Nirmal Purja as he attempts to summit the world’s highest peaks in seven months.
I Got COVID-19 While Climbing Everest. Then Came Two Cyclones.
Harshvardhan Joshi just got back from the deadliest adventure of his life. He describes it here in detail.
This Viral TikTok Shows What It Takes To Treat COVID Patients on the Fringes of Everest
It takes 14 hours to bring COVID-19 supplies from the closest hospital to this remote location in Nepal.
Mt Everest Is Overcrowded With Climbers So Nepal Has Banned Photos of Them
The government can ban anyone found violating tourism rules from entering the country for up to five years or from mountaineering in Nepal for ten years.
Who Measures the Height of Mount Everest and How?
Nepal has spent US $1.3 million on the project, working with six global firms since 2017.
The Best Stuff We Wrote in India in 2019
A dystopian nightmare of a neighbourhood, the many stories of Kashmiris, the dead bodies surfacing on a melting Everest: here’s some of our best stories of how it all went down.
Everest Is Melting, Revealing Tons of Garbage and Human Bodies
Due to decades of commercial mountaineering and climate change, the worlds tallest mountain is becoming “the world’s highest garbage dump.”
Why Climbing Mt. Everest Gives People Weird Boners
We spoke to a mountaineer about the effect high altitude has on blood pressure... and dicks.
My Altitude Sickness Didn't Ruin the Pizza at Mount Everest's Basecamp
You never know what you’re going to get at the Nepalese teahouses along your trek.
What to Eat When You're Climbing Everest
"The thing about kerosene is, if you drink it you start burping and you get the runs. "
Saray Khumalo Takes on Everest
"I don't need a man to climb a mountain," says Khumalo, who hopes to become the first black African woman to summit the world's highest peak.
Motherboard's Year in Photos
The year's best Motherboard photos, from rickshaw robots to prosthetics for former yakuza.