Climbing the Mount Everest is no child's play. Yet, Arjun Vajpayee, just 16 years old, does not agree. He need not because he has just climbed the world's tallest peak, becoming the youngest Indian to do so.
Exactly 50 years ago, the first Indian team, led by Manmohan Singh Kohli, reached the summit of Mount Everest. As Kohli and his team are felicitated to mark the anniversary, he reminisces on the event that continues to inspire generations of Indian mountaineers. Payal Mohanka reports
This road, incidentally, is part of a larger project to create the longest torch relay in Olympic history
Warm welcome for Mark Inglis who became the first double-amputee to reach the top of Mt Everest
Ashutosh Gowariker's Everest is made so tackily, it hurts, says Raja Sen.
Chhurim Sherpa began her journey for a third ascent to Mount Everest on Sunday but this time some odd items were also part of her climbing gear.
Manisha Koirala was invited to London to celebrate 100 years of the United Kingdom-Nepal's friendship treaty.
The strong temblor that shook Nepal and parts of northern and eastern India on Tuesday brought back chilling memories of the April 25 earthquake for 47-year-old mountaineer Lipika Biswas who was at the Everest Base Camp when it had hit the Himalayan country.
Two women from the frontier state of Arunachal Pradesh in Northeast India stole the limelight in the arena of adventure sports (mountaineering) by conquering Mount Everest this year.
'The greatness of India can be experienced by meeting Indians on the frontiers of India.' 'Every citizen on the border is a soldier'
The armymen were part of the Indo-Nepal expedition team, which also included six Nepalese armymen and five sherpas.
Forty-five-year-old Premlata Aggarwal from Jharkhand has made India proud. She is the oldest Indian woman to climb the Mount Everest.
Two 21-year-old Indian sisters have scripted history by becoming the first twins ever to conquer the summit of Mount Everest together. Tashi and Nancy Malik from Dehra Dun achieved this feat by successfully reaching the world's highest mountain peak at 8,848 meters, said an official at Nepal's ministry of tourism and culture.
To mark the 60th anniversary of the conquest of Mt Everest, Pune's Giripremi led simultaneous climbs on the world's tallest peak as well as the Mt Lhotse, the world's fourth tallest. Ashish Mane, who climbed Lhotse as part of the expedition and who scaled Everest last year, speaks to Manu Shankar about the experience
Perhaps it's these "fatal attractions" that have failed to deter mountaineers -- even for the time being, from continuing to dream of making it to Everest top, despite a slew of avalanches, triggered by the deadly April 25 Nepal temblor, which left 19 climbers, including sherpa mountain guides, dead and several more injured.
The first good view of the aftermath of Nepal's deadly earthquake from a satellite showed that a broad swath of ground near Kathmandu lifted vertically
What does one do when one day, out of the blue, one is told to go on a road trip to the Everest Base Camp?
A visitor casts a shadow on the ground as she looks at art made from trash picked from Mount Everest at a visual art symposium in Kathmandu.
A Border Security Force officer became the world's first high ranking official to climb Mount Everest.
Mount Everest moved three centimetres during the recent devastating earthquakes in Nepal but contrary to earlier reports the height of world's tallest mountain has not been affected, Chinese official monitoring agency said.
'Before I climbed Everest, nobody knew me. But after that, people come to meet me. It's an exciting life!' Meet the real and the reel Poorna girls!
The mountaineers celebrated the event at the 8,844 metre peak, the highest in the world, holding Chinese national flag, one of Beijing Olympics and another with Olympic's five-rings. A 19-member squad, seven of them in the back-up group, had set out late Wednesday night for the summit in what was described as a 'final assault' for the mission by a senior official.
'I just want to play good cricket and yeah, doing it for someone is totally against who I am as a person and what I believe in.'
Kami Rita Sherpa scaled Mt Everest for a record 28th time on Tuesday, breaking his own record with the highest number of ascents on the world's highest peak, less than a week after setting it.
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Tuesday met the 35-year-old mother of two, Anshu Jamsenpa who achieved a unique feat by conquering the Mount Everest on two occasions within a span of 10 days on May 12 and May 21 this year, at his official residence in New Delhi.
Five Indian Air Force members, including two women, on Wednesday successfully scaled 8848-metre-high world's tallest peak Mt Everest from the southern side.
Forty-six-year old Richard Meredith-Hardy took off from a base camp 25 kilometres away.\n\n
Former New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Parore became the first cricketer to reach the summit of Mount Everest when he scaled the world's highest peak on May 21 along with a team of Sherpas from Nepal. The 40-year-old, who played 78 Tests and 179 one-day internationals, hopes to raise US $100,000 for his 'Make A Wish Foundation.
A 27-year-old Flight Lieutenant on Saturday became the first woman from the Indian Air Force to scale 8848-metre-high world's tallest peak Mount Everest along with a male climber.
China plans to build a 540-kilometre strategic high-speed rail link between Tibet and Nepal passing through a tunnel under Mount Everest, a move that could raise alarm in India about the Communist giant's growing influence in its neighbourhood.
A 13-year-old American boy on Saturday became the youngest ever climber to conquer Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain, a climbing website said.
There was no procession, champagne or band -- only piles of snow and a breathtaking panorama for bride Moni Mulepati, 24, and groom Pem Dorjee, 23, as they exchanged their vows at the 8,850-metre summit on Monday.
Rediff reader Mridula Dwivedi is an academician from Gurgaon who blogs at Travel Tales from India. She ttrekked up to Everest Base Camp in May 2012 and sent us these amazing pictures.
Overcoming obstacles like cold temperatures and a high wind-chill, seven-year-old Aaryan Balaji has recorded his name in Mount Everest history by trekking all the way to the mountain's Southern Base Camp in Nepal situated at an altitude of 5,364 metres.
Delhi boy Arjun Vajpai, 16, created history on May 22, 2010 as he became the youngest Indian to step atop world's highest peak, 8,848 metre high Mount Everest via the traditional South Col route in Nepal.
'The race is now on for Indian IT firms to develop their AI prowess and focus on a software-first approach to services as the people element becomes more complicated with Trump's expected new regulations.'
The Everest hunt for climbers began with a tragedy in Nepal with three mountaineers one each from Germany, Canada and South Korea - perishing while returning after scaling the world's highest summit, officials said.
