A 75-year-old American mountaineer has completed the Seven Summits Challenge after reaching the top of Mount Everest on May 18, 2026, making him one of the oldest climbers to finish the coveted series of ascents.
A team of international climbers along with Nepali climbing guides from Summit Force Pvt Ltd is all set to begin its final summit push on Mt Everest tonight on May 20.
Irish mountaineer James Owen McManus has successfully scaled Mt Lhotse (8,516m) today without the use of supplementary oxygen, becoming the first Irish person to achieve the feat, according to expedition organiser Seven Summit Treks.
Twelve climbers from the Asian Trekking Chengdu Snow Lion Everest Expedition 2026 and Eco Everest Expedition 2026 successfully summited Mt Everest (8,849m) on Wednesday morning, with ascents recorded between 4:40 AM and 7:30 AM NPT, according to Managing Director Dawa Steven Sherpa.
Nepal's Spring 2026 Himalayan climbing season has delivered a historic chapter for the country's adventure tourism industry, with a cascade of record-breaking summits culminating in more than 270 climbers reaching the top of Mount Everest (8,848.86m) in a single day.
Norwegian mountaineer Kristin Harila summited Mount Lhotse (8,516m) on Thursday morning, completing the second leg of her audacious Triple Crown challenge — a single-season, no-supplemental-oxygen ascent of Nuptse, Lhotse, and Everest in the Khumbu region.
Senior Seven Summit Treks guide Mingtemba Sherpa has completed the prestigious Triple Crown of the Everest region, Everest, Nuptse and Lhotse, in just eight days, capping a remarkable spring season that has already broken multiple Himalayan records.