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Everest guides accused of poisoning climbers in $20M scam

According to a Nepali police investigation, Mount Everest guides have been accused of secretly drugging foreign climbers to trigger costly aerial evacuations. This scheme is believed to be part of a $20 million (£15 million) insurance fraud operation.

03 Apr 2026-19:35
Avalanche in Slovakia’s popular mountain range kills two

06 Feb 2026-23:54
Rescuers retrieve bodies of two climbers caught in Nepal avalanche

Rescuers in Nepal have recovered the bodies of two foreign climbers who were killed when an avalanche struck their expedition on a Himalayan peak, according to police on Wednesday. The search is still ongoing for five other missing climbers.

05 Nov 2025-20:55
Avalanche in northern Italy leaves five German climbers dead

02 Nov 2025-18:00
More than 200 hikers still stranded after blizzard hits Mount Everest

06 Oct 2025-11:39
Nepal investigates British climbers' use of xenon gas on Everest ascent

Nepal announced on Thursday that it is investigating the use of Xenon gas by four British army veteran climbers during their Mount Everest ascent, according to the Kathmandu Post.

23 May 2025-01:32
British climbers become first to scale Mount Everest with new method

A team of four British climbers has made mountaineering history by becoming the first to summit Mount Everest using Xenon gas, a method that significantly shortened the usual acclimatisation period needed for the climb.

21 May 2025-21:28