Even on a mountain known for complex politics, the latest Mount Everest kerfuffle is strange. It started on Sunday when Nirmal “Nims” Purja posted a video on Instagram claiming that someone had cut a ...

Did someone cut the fixed rope used by hundreds of climbers to ascend Mount Everest? That’s the claim made by Nirmal “Nims” Purja, an expedition leader who said his team members discovered the sliced ...