Mount Everest

  • Why Nepal canceled solo expeditions on Mount Everest, other 8000-metre peaks

    The Nepal government has formally ended solo expeditions on Mt Everest and other mountain peaks above 8,000 metres by making one mountain guide mandatory for two climbers, according to revised mountaineering regulations. The sixth amendment to the Mountaineering Regulation came into force on Tuesday after it was published in the Nepal Gazette, the government’s official…

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  • Ballymena star Liam Neeson’s latest movie project will see him reprise his role as driver Mike McCann, in a sequel to his 2021 thriller, Ice Road. The original film saw Neeson’s character take on treacherous terrain in Northern Canada and this time, the story will follow him as he travels to mountains in Nepal to…

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  • A man who grew up in Geauga County died Wednesday shortly after reaching the summit of Mount Everest, according to reports. Image: Don Cash (Credit: Facebook) For Don Cash, 55, now of Utah, reaching the summit of Everest completed his goal of climbing the highest mountains on each of the seven continents, NBC News reports. Cash…

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