New record set as 274 climbers scale Everest’s south side in single day

Visually Impaired Mumbai Athlete Conquers Mount Everest Base Camp

Despite increasing congestion at the peak, Nepali authorities have sold a record number of climbing permits.

All but one of the climbers reached the summit assisted by Sherpa guides and using supplementary bottled oxygen.

Tulasi Reddi Palpunoori, Sandeep Are and Ajay Pal Singh Dhaliwal were among the three Indians to scale the Mt Everest from Nepal's side.