Climbing Everest
RSS What is it like to climb Everest?
To start a series of special reports from Mount Everest, BBC News spoke to three people about their first time reaching the world's highest point.
Tributes to Everest avalanche dead
Tributes to Everest avalanche dead Tributes are paid in Nepal and climbing is suspended to mark the anniversary of an avalanche on Everest that killed 16 sherpas.
Everest climbing route to be changed
Everest climbing route to be changedThe route used by mountaineers to scale Mount Everest is to be changed for 2015, following last year's avalanche that killed 16.
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'I want to play bagpipes on Everest'
Gurkhas prepare to scale Mt Everest
A look around Everest's base camp Features
Summit gridlock
Are too many people climbing the world's highest mountain?
Mountain myth
Do we really want to know the truth about Everest's most enduring mystery?
Ticket to Everest
Did things change for Sherpas after deadly avalanche?
Climbing to the top
The travel boss who was the first Egyptian to conquer Everest
