A memorable trek Dr P Ravi ShankarPokhara:It was a rather cloudy February morning in Pokhara. The time was 6:30 am and I was in a taxi along with my student and good friend, Bimantha and my irrepressible colleague, Ashustosh rattling towards Dubey’s house at Deep... Travel Abroad 15 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
What the top books are about The Last JurorWhen Danny Padgitt, part of a family of bootleggers who are effectively a large criminal conspiracy, is convicted of rape and murder, the jury cannot agree on the death penalty. Padgitt threatened the jury and when, once he is out, the... Travel Abroad 20 Mar, 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
Few tourists visit Kalipani Laxmi GautamPhidim, January 20Kalipani, once a popular tourist spot situated on the lap of Kanchanjunga and Kumbakarna, has turned desolate due to the decline in tourists visiting the place.Kalipani is fifteen minutes walk away from Gopetar, a trade... 21 Jan, 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
Cleaning expedition team digs up two bodies Dikshya ThakuriKathmandu, May 27In a major cleaning campaign of Mt Everest, Ken Noguchi Lhotse South Col Cleaning Expedition (SCCE) team successfully dug up two tons of frozen garbage from 8000 metres high South Col from April 14 to May 22. Dead bodies... Horoscopes 27 May, 2002
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
