K2-The Mountain

Congratulations Bianca Adler 🙏🇦🇺🎉

18-year-old Bianca Adler has made history as the youngest Australian to summit Mount Everest (8,848.86m). 🏔️🇦🇺

On the morning of 20 May 2026, Bianca Jane Adler successfully reached the summit of Everest in fair weather conditions. At just 18 years old, she became the youngest Australian ever to stand on the top of the world.

This remarkable achievement follows her previous record as the youngest female to summit Manaslu at the age of 16 in 2024. She also continues a proud family mountaineering legacy — her father, Paul Adler, summited Everest in 2007, and her mother, Fionna Adler, in 2006.

Wishing Bianca many more safe and successful adventures ahead. 🙏🏔️

🚨: Dawa Sherpa's wife, Damu Sherpa, and his nephew, Karma Gelje Sherpa, have officially filed a police case against his employer, Himalayan Traverse.

They have also registered a formal complaint with Nepal's Department of Tourism, slamming them for a lack of safety oversight and a delayed response.

Karma Gelje publicly criticized the industry disparity, stating: "If he had been a foreign climber, rescue would definitely have been organized much faster and more promptly, but he happened to be an old Nepali."

His wife, Damu Sherpa, heavily questioned the government's priorities, pointing out that while the state boasts of collecting over 1 billion rupees in revenue from Everest permits this season, her urgent calls for help during the initial days of his disappearance were entirely ignored. She has also openly demanded to know why the team’s paid government Liaison Officer failed to act promptly.

Before his rescue, his family had already begun funeral rites under the assumption he had died. 🥲