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Mount Everest

Matan Lior Mordechai (Courtesy)
May 30, 2024, 1:21 pm
Israeli summits Everest in memory of friend Matan Lior, killed Oct. 7
Former tech entrepreneur Ran Krauss dedicates his ascent of world’s tallest mountain to friend killed at Supernova festival while trying to save partygoers
By ToI Staff
Aviad Sido climbs Everest in a video provided to Ynet (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 30, 2023, 1:09 pm
Youngest Israeli to climb Everest, whose teammate died on descent, may lose finger
Aviad Sido says he damaged his right hand while ascending world’s tallest peak; describes circumstances surrounding death of Australian team member
By ToI Staff
Then-education minister Naftali Bennett (L) and Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid during a ceremony at Netiv Ha'avot, at the West Bank's Elazar settlement, on July 23, 2017. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
May 30, 2021, 2:04 pm
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In this photograph taken on May 2, 2021, mountaineers, sherpas and team expedition members prepare for a ritual to pay their respects to Mount Everest before attempting to climb at Everest Base Camp in Solukhumbu district (Prakash MATHEMA / AFP)
May 29, 2021, 8:07 am
Base camp virus outbreak fails to deter climbers aiming for Mt. Everest’s summit
As some teams cancel, others say they are undeterred by COVID-19 cases; Nepalese officials downplay situation, apparently seeking to avoid creating chaos, confusion
By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA
Danielle Wolfson, 43, becomes the first Israeli woman to reach the Mount Everest summit. (Courtesy)
May 29, 2021, 8:04 am
Danielle Wolfson becomes 1st Israeli woman to reach Mount Everest summit
Tel Aviv lawyer issues message for coexistence back home after climbing all 8,849 meters; a skiing accident a decade ago left her bedridden for months
By ToI Staff
Danielle Wolfson climbs the face of Mount Everest. (Screenshot/Ch. 13)
April 27, 2021, 6:03 pm
Tel Aviv lawyer on Everest hopes to become first Israeli woman to reach summit
Danielle Wolfson says she wants to show that ‘every woman can reach her Everest’; a skiing accident a decade ago left her bedridden for months
By ToI Staff
Chinese surveyors hike toward a higher spot from the base camp on Mount Everest at an altitude of 5,200 meters, May 16, 2020. (Jigme Dorje/Xinhua via AP)
May 27, 2020, 3:30 pm
Chinese team summits Everest to remeasure peak, collect trash
Expedition could be only one to reach summit this year, with site closed to prevent coronavirus from spreading among climbers
By AP
Climbers in a line headed to the summit of Mount Everest, May 2019 (YouTube screenshot)
May 25, 2019, 3:22 am
Six climbers reported dead as ‘traffic jam’ forms at summit of Everest
‘Insane’ conditions as over 200 climbers attempt to reach the peak of world’s highest mountain
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Nadav Ben Yehuda at the top of Mount Kazbeck on Thursday. (Anna Godg'bidzh/ GPO/ Flash90)
May 21, 2018, 11:52 pm
Left for dead, Israeli mountaineer rescued after fall in Himalayas
Nadav Ben Yehuda, who saved a Turkish climber on Everest in 2012, survives for hours without oxygen tanks, food, or water on third-highest mountain in the world
By ToI Staff
Alan Rosenbaum
June 18, 2016, 3:49 pm
Alan Rosenbaum
Aliyah to Everest
He persists in believing he will someday make it to the top, despite being an acrophobic, balding 56-year-old
Or Asraf seen in the Himalayas. (Screen capture: Channel 2 via Facebook)
April 29, 2015, 6:17 pm
Wounded IDF vet is Israel’s last missing citizen in Nepal
Parents of 22-year-old Or Asraf hold out hope for signs of life, as dozens more Israelis wait to be rescued
By AP and ToI Staff
A rescue chopper lands carrying people from higher camps to Everest Base Camp, Nepal, Monday, April 27, 2015. (photo credit: AP/Nima Namgyal Sherpa)
April 29, 2015, 5:52 am
Foreign Ministry urges Israelis to leave Nepal
70 Israeli travelers opt to stay, despite warnings to leave earthquake-hit country as soon as possible
By ToI Staff and AFP
Or's mother, Orit, holds up a banner reading "Who saw Or Asraf in the Langtang region?" as families wait for relatives who returned from Nepal on April 28, 2015, at Ben Gurion Airport (photo credit: AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ)
April 28, 2015, 10:41 pm
IDF vet wounded in Gaza conflict missing in Nepal
Families of nine Israelis still unaccounted for hold out hope, as those rescued from remote areas tell of deadly conditions in wake of quake
By Marissa Newman and AP
A rescue chopper lands carrying people from higher camps to Everest Base Camp, Nepal, Monday, April 27, 2015. (photo credit: AP/Nima Namgyal Sherpa)
April 28, 2015, 7:36 pm
Israelis set up field hospital as 7 more hikers rescued
Number of unaccounted for Israelis in Nepal drops to nine; PM urges rescue groups to focus on bringing Israelis to safety
By Marissa Newman and AFP
Nepalese residents gather in an open space at the site of destruction caused after Saturday's earthquake in Bhaktapur, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, April 27, 2015. (photo credit: AP/Niranjan Shrestha)
April 27, 2015, 4:02 pm
Quake-aid need acute in Nepal capital, more so in villages
Rescue workers, including nearly the entire Nepalese armed forces, continue to sift through rubble left by disaster
By KATY DAIGLE and BINAJ GURUBACHARYA
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