On May 18th, 2023, while leading a Chinese climber toward the summit of Mount Everest, Gelje Sherpa discovered a stranded Malaysian climber on the verge of death.
To save the climberโs life, Gelje persuaded his Chinese client to end his summit and descend to the Everest Baseโฆ
In May 1996, mountain climber Beck Weathers and his team aimed to complete their ascent of Mount Everest. Despite being close to their goal, Weathers suffered severe snow blindness.
Trapped in a treacherous blizzard with a bone-chilling wind chill of 100 degrees below zero, heโฆ
On this day in history, 1978.05.08; Austrian climber Peter Habeler and Italian Reinhold Messner successfully climbed Mt #Everest (8848.86 m) for the first time without using supplementary oxygen. A remarkable feat of human endurance!