Mount Everest is on thin ice, with glaciers melting alarmingly

A glimpse of Everest, along with Mount Lhotse and the valley across Mount Ama Dablam. (Image: Supplied)

Thu, 04 Jan 2024

By Stacy Meichtry, Krishna Pokharel, Carl Churchill and Paolo BosoninLhakpa Rita Sherpa was on the brink of a career-making climb. The 24-year-old had secured a spot on a team of climbers reopening the trail to the top of Mount Everest.Before him stood the Khumbu Icefall, an obstacle course of towering shards and yawning crevasses that leads to the summit. Scaling this frozen waterfall for the first time would catapult him into the big leagues of Sherpas who ferry wealthy foreigners up the mountain for a living.As Lhakpa Rita and dozens of othe...

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