A Norwegian who is aiming to become the fastest climber to scale all of the world’s 14 highest mountains has said that she can achieve her goal in half the time she initially planned.

An Indian climber who was rescued after spending three days in a 300 metre-deep crevasse is recovering in a Kathmandu hospital but his condition is still critical, his family have said.

The spring mountaineering season has just begun in Nepal and hundreds of foreigners and local guides have begun climbing the world’s highest peaks.

The president of Iran’s national Olympic committee has said competitive climber Elnaz Rekabi will not be punished or suspended after competing in South Korea over the weekend without wearing her nation’s mandatory headscarf.

Supporters and Farsi-language media outside of Iran have worried about Rekabi’s safety after she choose to compete without the hijab

An online post on the account of an Iranian climber offered an apology after she appeared without a headscarf at a competition in South Korea.

The former personal trainer, from Oxford, said he aims to raise awareness about climate change through his climbs, and chose to scale what he calls the “Stratford duo” because they overlook the railway station, which was deluged by flash floods at the end of July

The 21-year-old chose the residential block because it overlooked Pudding Mill Lane Tube station which flooded last week following torrential downpours in the capital

A famous South Korean climber fell into a crevasse and went missing over the weekend in bad weather after scaling another mountain peak in northern Pakistan, a mountaineering official said on Tuesday.