Mount Everest
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15 May 1995: British climber becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Everest without supplemental oxygen or the help of sherpas
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Briton made outstanding ascents in Himalayas and Karakoram, and televised rock climbs in the UK
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A summary of the biggest developments in the global coronavirus outbreak
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Photo-collage by Japanese artist is made from hundreds of prints from foothills to summit
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Lhakpa Sherpa works for minimum wages and currently washes dishes, as she trains for her 10th Everest summit with no endorsement deals, no nutritionist and no trainer
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The British adventurer, who overcame personal tragedy to scale K2, attributes the recent spike in novice climbers attempting Everest to society’s quest for attention
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Permit will depend on climbers having ascended at least one 6,500-metre Nepalese peak
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On 23 May, an image taken by the climber Nirmal Pujra went viral. It showed a long queue of climbers waiting to reach the summit of Everest. Elia Saikaly, a film-maker, was on that climb. He describes the ascent, while the Guardian’s Michael Safi discusses why the number of people seeking to scale Everest has explodedPodcast
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Death toll grows on world’s highest summit as climbers face challenging conditions
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This brings to nine the number of dead or missing climbers on the Nepalese side of the world’s highest mountain in this climbing season
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Why I won’t be joining the queue at the top of Everest
Peter BeaumontA startling picture of overcrowding near the summit shows the peril of turning the mountain into a form of adventure tourism -
Several climbers have died after enduring long waits to reach summit
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Former Wasps player was told he would never walk again after an accident in 2017 – but two years on his sights are set very high indeed
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The England Womens’ Rugby World Cup winner Tamara Taylor has signed up for a charity game of sevens 21,000ft up Everest and is determined not to be found wanting
'Everyone is in that fine line between death and life': inside Everest's deadliest queue