Stakeholders have expressed extreme worries over the rapid degradation of the current Everest base camp, where over 2,000 people are now camping for this year's spring climbing season.
Following the norms of alpine climbing, two climbers – Nepali Sherpa and German, successfully scaled the world’s sixth highest peak in less than 13 hours without using supplemental oxygen.
The year 2023 marks the 70th anniversary of the first ascent of Everest, a feat achieved by a humble New Zealander and a supremely experienced Sherpa. But it had been a long trek before the world’s highest mountain had been conquered. Robin Ashcroft charts the trials, tragedies and triumphs that led to Hillary and Tenzing’s climb – and its implications for Britain on the world stage