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Saudi prince becomes one of youngest Arabs to summit Everest, six of Seven Summits now complete
29 May 2026A Saudi prince has become one of the youngest Arab climbers to summit Mount Everest, according to expedition operator Elite Exped.
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ClimbingNepal marks 73rd Everest Day with awards, procession, and NMA's call to protect mountaineering rights
29 May 2026Nepal on Friday is celebrating the 73rd International Sagarmatha Day with a procession through the heart of Kathmandu, a formal felicitation ceremony honouring record-breaking climbers and mountaineering contributors, and a pointed call from the Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) to Parliament to preserve the body's statutory rights in new tourism legislation.
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ClimbingGabriel Middleton, 17, becomes youngest Briton to summit Everest
29 May 2026A 17-year-old British climber has become the youngest national of his country to summit Mount Everest from the South Side, according to expedition operator Elite Exped.
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ClimbingStripes at Everest summit: How IFMGA guide Pasang Kidar has pinned a Gurkha’s new rank to Rgr Rana on top of the world
28 May 2026May 23 wasn’t just another summit day on Mount Everest. For a Gurkha rifleman of the UK’s special forces, and for the legendary Sherpa guide who pinned a new rank on his jacket at 8,848 metres, it became a moment of history—chilling winds, thin air, and a promotion no soldier will ever forget.
