82 teams given climbing permits Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, January 1:The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation had given permission to 82 expedition teams from 19 different countries to scale thirty mountains from August to December last year. Among others, they were... Horoscopes 02 Jan, 2005
The mountain experience Dr P Ravi ShankarPokhara:I was beginning to feel disheartened. I had been walking for the better part of 15 minutes along the road leading to the International Mountain Museum (IMM) and the modern exhibition hall, which I had seen on the web page, was... Travel Abroad 29 May, 2004
A tribute to the mountains LB ThapaPokhara:The establishment of the International Mountain Museum (IMM) in Pokhara is a solemn tribute to mountains and mountaineers who challenged the unforgiving peaks. IMM added a new chapter to the history of Pokhara. The construction of IMM... Travel Abroad 29 May, 2004
Bravo Appa! If the discovery of Peak XV was the crowning achievement of years of hard work put in by members of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, climbing it has ever since been a chore just as challenging. But the hardships this behemoth presents to the... 18 May, 2004
Scaling new heights Dipti SherchanKathmandu:British mountaineer Alan Hinkes is back again in Nepal and this time to attempt to conquer Dhaulagiri (8,167m), the seventh highest mountain in the world. He is the UK’s most successful extreme attitude mountaineer and the... Travel Abroad 16 Apr, 2004
Four teams scale Ama Dablam, Pumori peaks Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, April 3:With the onset of the climbing season, four expeditions teams have scaled Mt Ama Dablam and Mt Pumori, according to the mountaineering department of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation.The... Travel 04 Apr, 2004
Mountaineering tools given to museum KATHMANDU: Japanese national Yoshiko Imanishi, widow of the first climber of Mt Manaslu late Imanishi, has handed over all the equipment and materials used during the climbing of Manaslu in 1957 to the International Mountain Museum Pokhara. Late... Horoscopes 08 Feb, 2004
NMA Annapurna chapter forms body Himalayan News ServicePokhara, January 9The newly established Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA), Annapurna Chapter, formed 11-member committee in its first general meeting on Mangsir 7. the general meeting has elected Hari Dhoj Tulachan as the... 10 Jan, 2004
Unique mountain museum An International Mountain Museum is in the process of being constructed by the Nepal Mountaineering Association, at Rato Pairo, Ward No 17 in Pokhara sub-metropolis. As construction work is still underway, it will only be able to partially open on May... Travel 20 May, 2002
