Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa review – a female Everest climber’s ascent
Documentary expertly follows the only woman to have climbed the mountain 10 times through spectacular scenery and a traumatic personal life
June 2024
The Week in Patriarchy
Caitlin Clark’s name has been used to push bigotry – and she finally pushed back
Arwa Mahdawi
Clark made a bit of a wishy-washy statement, but after the shrill rightwing complaints, she should be applauded for speaking up
From the Guardian archive
George Mallory and Sandy Irvine killed on Everest – archive, 1924
The two climbers were last seen alive on the north-east ridge of the mountain on 8 June 1924
‘It doesn’t make any sense’: new twist in mystery of Mount Everest and the British explorers’ missing bodies
A hundred years ago, George Mallory and Andrew Irvine set off to conquer the summit. Mallory’s body was later discovered, but now the remains of both are nowhere to be found. Who moved them?
May 2024
British climber and Nepali guide feared dead after reaching Everest summit
Dan Paterson and Pastenji Sherpa went missing during descent after landslide of snow and ice on mountain
April 2024
Heroism, sacrifice, defeat? The enduring mystery of George Mallory’s final Everest attempt
It’s almost a century since the 1924 expedition ended in tragedy, yet the question of whether the climbers conquered the summit remains unanswered
The Observer view on overtourism: sometimes, the planet’s hotspots are best left unvisited
From Everest to Machu Picchu, we can’t get enough of those ‘must-see’ places. It’s time to show some restraint
George Mallory’s final letters to wife published 100 years after fatal Mount Everest climb
British mountaineer died trying to reach summit in 1924 with his colleague, Sandy Irvine, whose body has never been found
March 2024
Everest climbers prepare to pick up their own poo as season gets under way
Mount Everest is too crowded and dirty, says last living member of Hillary team
November 2023
Audrey Salkeld obituary
Historian of mountaineering fascinated by Mount Everest and the stories of those who climbed it
July 2023
Who invented the puffer jacket? A 1920s Everest expedition has the answer
Six dead as tourist helicopter crashes in Everest region of Nepal
June 2023
Everest review – opera strains to scale mountain tragedy
A concert staging of Joby Talbot’s opera by the BBC Symphony, complete with singers climbing blocks on stage, finds greatest drama in the terrible facts of the disaster it portrays
‘We saved his life’: Nepali sherpa saves climber in rare rescue near Everest summit – video
A Malaysian climber was found clinging to a rope and shivering from extreme cold in an area known as 'the death zone'
Nepali sherpa saves climber in rare Everest ‘death zone’ rescue
Gelje Sherpa was guiding Chinese client to summit when he saw Malaysian climber clinging to rope
May 2023
Climate change to blame for up to 17 deaths on Mount Everest, experts say
Renowned US mountaineer climbs rare Everest region ‘triple crown’
Australian climber Jason Kennison dies on Mount Everest while returning from summit
Double amputee Gurkha veteran reaches summit of Mount Everest
