Keyword: Mount Everest

The humanoid robot "Pemba José Lani" has largely autonomously reached the summit of the 6.263-meter-high Chimborazo volcano in Ecuador. Its next test will take it to Mount Everest – but setting records is not the project's primary goal.

Just one week after his summit on Lhotse, Bartek Ziemski has now also reached the summit of Mount Everest. As always, he descended on skis – for the Polish mountaineer, this is the ninth eight-thousander he has climbed in this way.

Nepal has issued 492 permits for climbers on Mount Everest this spring season – more than ever before. This is partly due to China's closure of the ascent route in Tibet. The Sherpas anticipate congestion on what is now the only remaining route.

The rules of the game on the world's highest mountain could soon change. According to the planned "Tourism Bill 2081," future aspirants to climb Mount Everest will only receive a permit if they have previously successfully climbed a mountain in Nepal that is at least 7.000 meters high.

Jim Morrison completed the first ski descent of the "Everest Superdirect" on the north face of Everest. This includes the extremely steep and dangerous Hornbein Couloir.

History has been made again on Mount Everest: Andrzej Bargiel is the first person in the world to climb to the summit of Everest without supplemental oxygen and then ski all the way down to base camp. 

Alone, without supplemental oxygen, and in under 20 hours, he climbed from Base Camp to Everest via the South Col. The 35-year-old American set himself a daring goal. In May, he attempted three times to break Kazi Sherpa's 1998 record, but was unsuccessful. Today, he began his fourth attempt on Everest. 

The world's 14 highest peaks have always been a magnet for the mountaineering community. All the information on the eight-thousanders at a glance.