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China
Watch: This 43-year-old Chinese ‘Spider-Woman’ climbs cliffs without safety gear
A 43-year-old resident from China’s Guizhou province has been dubbed “Spider-Woman” for her extraordinary free solo climbing ski...
Bryan Ke
Check out the world’s ‘most inconvenient’ convenience store in China
A small wooden shop perched on the side of a towering cliff in southern China has unofficially earned the title of the world’s “most inconve...
Carl Samson
Environmental
Japan says Mount Fuji is being spoiled by overtourism
It’s uncontrollable and we fear that Mt Fuji will soon become so unattractive, nobody would want to climb it,” says a local offi...
Ryan General
Chinese woman faces backlash for refusing to pay Sherpa guide $10K fee for Everest rescue
A Chinese woman who was discovered unconscious on Mount Everest at nearly 30,000 feet above sea level is facing online backlash for allegedl...
Michelle De Pacina
Alarming video shows how Mount Everest became ‘world’s highest garbage dump’
A video showing garbage piling up at a campsite on Mount Everest has drawn attention on social media. Everest Today, a portal dedicated to c...
News
Disabled Korean who made history for climbing world’s 14 highest peaks feared dead in Himalayas
A South Korean man is feared to have been killed just after becoming the first disabled person to climb the world’s 14 highest peaks in the ...
Body Found on Mount Fuji Likely Climber Who Slipped and Fell During Livestream
Remains believed to be from a Japanese man who slipped and fell while live-streaming on Mount Fuji in Tokyo, Japan have been found. The live...
Nepalese Climber Scales The World’s 14 Highest Peaks in Just 6 Months
Nirmal “Nims” Purja, a 36-year-old former soldier from Nepal, has broken a world record after climbing the 14 highest mountains ...
Korean World Record Holder Among 9 Killed in Nepal Mountains During Snowstorm
A snowstorm plowed through a hiker’s camp on Mount Gurja in Nepal, killing five South Korean climbers along with their four Nepali guide...
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