Five Koreans, four Nepali climbers killed on Mt Gurja KATHMANDU: At least nine climbers including five Korean nationals were killed when a massive landslide buried the base camp of Mt Gurja (7,193 metres) on the lap of the south face of Mt Dhaulagiri in western Nepal, according to the expedition... Travel 13 Oct, 2018
Taekwondo fails to deliver, again Kathmandu, August 23 Nepal failed to touch medal on the sixth day of the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia and the most successful sport of the country — taekwondo — returned empty handed from the regional sporting meet for the third time in a... 24 Aug, 2018
18 Nepali women among 563 climbers scale Mt Everest, says DoT KATHMANDU: At least 18 Nepali women climbers among 563 persons from 39 different countries successfully reached the summit of the world’s highest peak from Nepal side in the last spring season, according to the Department of Tourism under the... Travel 16 Aug, 2018
Govt allows American climbers to ascend Everest, Lhotse after illegal ski descent KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has decided to allow two American climbers who made illegal ski descent on Lhotse Face of Mt Everest to attempt the world’s highest mountain this season. Overturning a Department of... Travel 17 May, 2018
Ninety-four climbers scale Mt Everest Kathmandu, May 16 With the opening of a climbing route to the summit of Mt Everest on Sunday, climbers have continued their final summit pushes to the roof of the world. Tilak Ram Pandey, a liaison officer at the base camp said at least 94... Travel 17 May, 2018
Women�s confidence team, others scale Mt Everest, Mt Lhotse KATHMANDU: With the opening of a climbing route to the summit of Mt Everest on Sunday, the world climbers have continued their final summit pushes to the roof of the world. Tilak Ram Pandey, a liaison officer at the base camp shared that at least 94... Travel 16 May, 2018
Ski descent on Mt Everest exposes loopholes Kathmandu, May 13 The recent ski descent by two American mountaineers on Mt Everest has exposed glaring deficiencies in the country’s mountaineering policy. There is no mention of any ski permit provision in the Mountaineering Expedition... Horoscopes 14 May, 2018
Ski descent by American climbers exposes loopholes in mountaineering policy KATHMANDU: The recent ski descent by two American mountaineers on Mt Everest has exposed glaring deficiencies in the country’s mountaineering policy. There is no mention of any ski permit provision in the Mountaineering Expedition Regulations as... Travel 13 May, 2018
Climbing Sherpas ask govt to allow American skiers to climb Everest, Lhotse KATHMANDU: At a time when the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has been reviewing a proposal sent by the Department of Tourism demanding action against two American mountaineers, more than 150 climbers today appealed the government not... Travel 10 May, 2018
Icefall doctors leave for Everest as spring climbing season begins KATHMANDU: As the world climbers are now busy with the final packing of their expedition materials, an eight-member team of icefall doctors along with two kitchen staff left for the Mt Everest base camp from Namche Bazaar to fix a climbing route up... Travel 14 Mar, 2018
Mt Everest climbing route to South Col opens KATHMANDU: A group of trained mountain guides successfully established a climbing route up to South Col on Mt Everest as hundreds of mountaineers are acclimatising in Khumbu region before starting climbing the world's highest peak. According to... Travel 23 Apr, 2017
Nepal grants climbing permit to 729 mountaineers this season KATHMANDU: With the world mountaineers traversing through the treacherous Khumbu icefall on Mt Everest, Nepal's Department of Tourism today said it had issued climbing permits to at least 729 mountaineers who would be attempting to climb 21... Travel 16 Apr, 2017
