Summit route opens from Nepal side, 14 ascend Everest KATHMANDU: A team of rope-fixing climbers successfully scaled Mt Everest from Nepal side after they opened a climbing route to the summit point of the world’s highest peak on Monday afternoon. Base camp officials told THT Online over phone... Travel 15 May, 2017
Mt Everest summit from Tibet side underway KATHMANDU: At least 16 climbers successfully climbed the world's highest peak from north side on Saturday morning after a team of nine Sherpas opened a climbing route to the summit point on Mt Everest, according to the expedition organiser. Six... Travel 13 May, 2017
Nine Sherpas stand atop Mt Everest from Tibet side KATHMANDU: A team of nine Sherpa climbers on Thursday opened a route to the top of the world highest peak from Tibet side becoming the first team to reach the summit of Mt Everest in the spring climbing season. According to the climbers sand... Travel 11 May, 2017
EDITORIAL: A valid case The government should simplify the process to ensure that the Sherpa workers are also recognized as part of the expedition The demand of hundreds of Sherpa climbers for a summit certificate for scaling mountain peaks, including Mt Everest, is a valid... 04 May, 2017
Sherpas protest at Everest base camp, demand summit certificates Kathmandu, May 2 Hundreds of sherpa climbers who met at Mt Everest base camp today asked the government to immediately issue their summit certificates. Sherpas decided to hold a protest meeting at base camp after they failed to obtain... Travel 03 May, 2017
Sherpa climber injured in Everest avalanche, rescued KATHMANDU: At least a Sherpa climber was injured when a block of ice hit him in the treacherous icefall section on Mt Everest early Monday morning. Furba Rita Sherpa, a climbing guide, suffered multiple injuries after an ice serac released near... Travel 24 Apr, 2017
Icefall doctors open Everest route, Base Camp being set up KATHMANDU: As the world mountaineers head to the Mt Everest region for acclimatisation, the icefall doctors have opened a climbing route from the Base Camp to Camp I by placing ropes and ladders on the treacherous section of the Khumbu... Travel 02 Apr, 2017
Reinhold Messner meets Alex Txikon at Everest base camp KATHMANDU: Legendary mountaineer Reinhold Messner flew to the Mt Everest base camp in north-eastern Nepal from Kathmandu to meet Spanish climber Alex Txikon on Monday morning. Messner hailed the Spaniard, who is on a second attempt to climb the... Travel 06 Mar, 2017
Messner in Nepal, will meet Txikon at Everest base camp KATHMANDU: Legendary mountaineer Reinhold Messner, who is doing a film on Mt Ama Dablam, has arrived here in Nepal's Capital for a different mission. Messner is scheduled to meet Spanish climber Alex Txikon at the Mt Everest base camp on Monday... Travel 05 Mar, 2017
Spanish climber Alex Txikon abandons winter Everest bid KATHMANDU: Strong winds forced Spanish climber Alex Txikon to abandon his attempt to climb Mt Everest without supplemental oxygen from the Nepal side in the winter season, his expedition organiser said. The 35-year-old along with five Nepali... Travel 14 Feb, 2017
Spanish hopes to conquer Mt Everest with winter record KATHMANDU: A Spanish climber, Alex Txikon, has reached near the Camp IV on Mt Everest with a plan to reach to the top of the world on Tuesday morning, according to the expedition organiser. Mingma Sherpa, Managing Director at the Seven Summit... Travel 13 Feb, 2017
Sherpa dies on Lobuche; Japanese missing on Mt Manaslu KATHMANDU: A Sherpa climber died while he was descending the Lobuche East peak (6,119 m) in Khumbu region of eastern Nepal while an alpinist from Japan went missing from the summit of Mt Manaslu (8,163 m), the world's eighth highest peak, in... Travel 14 Oct, 2016
