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Freddie Wilkinson

Nirmal Purja and a team of Nepali climbers celebrate after summiting K2 on January 16, 2021. ...

Nepali mountaineers achieve historic winter first on K2

18 January 2021. By Freddie Wilkinson

Mount Everest is two feet taller, China and Nepal announce

8 December 2020. By Freddie Wilkinson

Environment and Conservation

Microplastics found near Everest’s peak, highest ever detected in the world

20 November 2020. By Freddie Wilkinson

How do you measure Everest? It's complicated by frostbite—and politics.

29 September 2020. By Freddie Wilkinson

What makes for true adventure? We asked legendary mountaineer Reinhold Messner.

3 August 2019. By Freddie Wilkinson

Meet the Sherpa bringing Wi-Fi to Everest

23 May 2019. By Freddie Wilkinson

Travel and Adventure

Rock climbing: from ancient practice to Olympic sport

17 March 2019. By Freddie Wilkinson

Climbing Mount Everest, explained

8 February 2019. By Freddie Wilkinson