The Irish Seven Summits team has had to abandon its latest assault on the world’s highest mountain following the decision by Sherpas to withdraw their services following a spate of recent deaths.

A Nepalese Sherpa guide who broke his own record to climb Mount Everest for the 19th time said his team brought down 5,000kg of rubbish from the mountain.

A Nepalese Sherpa guide is seeking to break his own record and scale Mount Everest for the 19th time.

Mountaineering officials say a veteran Sherpa guide has scaled Mount Everest for a record 18th time.

Edmund Hillary, the man who conquered Mount Everest, will be given a state funeral, the New Zealand government said today.

Eminent playwright Brian Friel joked as he received the Aosdana’s highest honour today that it was like being read the last rites.

An ace Sherpa guide scaled Mount Everest in a record eight hours and ten minutes today, Nepalese mountaineering officials said.

Edmund Hillary and a Sherpa from his 1953 Everest expedition led a colourful procession through the Nepalese capital today to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their conquest of the world’s tallest mountain.

Babu Chhiri, a renowned Sherpa guide listed in the Guinness Book of Records for having climbed Mount Everest in 17 hours, died when he fell into crevasse of the world’s highest peak.