I'm on top of the world, Ma!: Everest gets mobile coverage
Climbers will be able to text home and check their email thanks to Nepalese telecommunications company.
View ArticleIrish climber dies on Everest - three days after wife gave birth
John Delaney, 41, hadn’t been told that his wife gave birth before he died on Saturday only 50 metres from the summit.
View ArticleThe 9 at 9: Wednesday
Nine things you need to know by 9am: Expert disputes Ryanair’s claims that it sent a plane through the ashcloud; the joy the Irish man who died on Everest never got to share; and Brian O’Driscoll...
View ArticleService to be held today in memory of Irish Everest climber John Delaney
Delaney, a successful businessman who founded the market prediction company Intrade, died last weekend just 50 metres from the summit of Everest. Business colleagues have been paying tribute to him...
View ArticleMemorial service held for lost Irish Everest climber
Tributes are paid to John Delaney in Co Laois, as his wife describes losing her “husband, hero and best friend”.
View ArticleThree climbers die on Mount Everest, two still missing
The three climbers were descending the mountain when a wind storm hit the mountain.
View Article'Terrifying' brawl between climbers on Everest
Sherpas had advised Europeans not to climb a new “undisclosed” route, but eyewitness says climbers ignored request.
View Article80-year-old wants to be the oldest man to climb Mount Everest
He already broke the world record in 2007 but it was beaten four years later.
View ArticleHe did it! 80-year-old scales Everest, sets record
Yuichiro Miura described himself as “the happiest person in the world” after completing the task.
View ArticleEverest: 60 years since Hillary, Norgay reached summit
Since then, Temba Tsheri laments, the mountain has become ‘a playground’.
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The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.
View ArticleA little cute dog climbed Mount Everest
The puppy had been rescued from the brink of death by his owner.
View ArticleClimbers told to clean-up on Mount Everest - or face a penalty
Each member of an expedition must bring back at least eight kilos of rubbish, apart from their own trash.
View Article11 dead after avalanche strikes Mt Everest
Six Sherpa guides were killed after they went early in the morning to fix ropes for climbers.
View ArticleSherpas fear for their livelihoods as Everest 'shuts down'
The deadly avalanche of 18 April led to labour dispute and a closure of the mountain route.
View ArticleEverest on speed: Summit expert will take you to the top of the world in six...
The best way to climb Everest is to do it fast,” says Adrian Ballinger.
View ArticleEver wanted to climb Everest? Now you can - in a way*
*In a way that is nothing like actually climbing Everest, but is still pretty good.
View ArticleThere are 100 Irish people in areas affected by the Nepal earthquake
Efforts are being made to contact some 50 Irish citizens in the quake-hit region.
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