After exciting spring, Nepal set to embrace autumn climbing KATHMANDU: More than 100 foreign climbers along with their high attitude workers are all set to attempt to climb the world’s eighth highest peak in western Nepal, Mt Manaslu, in the autumn season (September-November) this year. According to... Travel 25 Aug, 2016
Exposed: Officials' lies of Himalayan proportion on Everest KATHMANDU: A cock-and-bull story of an Indian couple, who morphed photographs to claim their successful ascent of Mt Everest in the last spring season, has exposed the blatant lies of Himalayan proportion on part of Nepali government officials... Horoscopes 05 Jul, 2016
Mt Everest records 456 south summits, five deaths Kathmandu, June 15 With the closure of the climbing season, at least 456 climbers, including 199 foreigners, stood atop Mt Everest from Nepal side while the world’s highest mountain also recorded five deaths this spring. Data compiled by... Travel 16 Jun, 2016
Rescuers bring Indian climber�s body from Everest Kathmandu, May 29 A high-altitude worker who returned from the summit of Mt Everest today claimed that he saw the bodies of two Indian climbers near Camp IV. They had attempted to climb the world’s highest peak on May 21. Lakpa Sherpa, who... Travel 30 May, 2016
Missing Indian climber found dead on Mt Everest; Aussie climber�s body airlifted KATHMANDU: Rescuers on Friday found the body of an Indian mountaineer who went missing above the Camp IV on the Mt Everest since last Saturday. According to Wangchu Sherpa, the managing director at Trekking Camp Nepal, a team of six Sherpas... Travel 27 May, 2016
Wind, snow hamper searching, retrieval of bodies on Everest KATHMANDU: Bad weather on Mount Everest on Wednesday prevented retrieval of two bodies of climbers who died on mountain and the search for two who disappeared near the summit, expedition organisers said. Most climbers have finished their attempts to... Travel 25 May, 2016
Everest update: Sherpas search for missing Indian climbers; chopper sent to airlift Dutchman�s body KATHMANDU: With a group of rescuers struggling hard to bring down the body of an Australian woman climber from the Camp III to a lower camp, six Sherpas on Wednesday headed to the ‘death zone’ on Mt Everest above 8,000 metres to search for... Travel 25 May, 2016
Sherpas recover Aussie climber Styrdom�s body on Everest; Indian Army col airlifted from Camp II KATHMANDU: Rescuers on Tuesday recovered the body of Australian woman climber who died near Camp IV while descending from the summit of the world’s highest mountain on Nepal side. According to Mingma Sherpa, owner of Seven Summit Treks, a... Travel 24 May, 2016
One Indian climber dies on Mt Everest, another rescued KATHMANDU: A member of the Indian expedition team died on Mt Everest on Sunday night, while another who suffered altitude sickness has been brought down to the Camp II. Wangchu Sherpa, the managing director at Trekking Camp Nepal, said Subash... Travel 23 May, 2016
Two Indian climbers missing on Mt Everest, one airlifted KATHMANDU: At least two Indian climbers went missing above 8,000 metres on Mt Everest and another sustained frostbite injuries while attempting to summit the world's highest peak from Nepal side, expedition organisers said. According to Wangchu... Travel 22 May, 2016
Septuagenarian Spaniard oldest mountaineer to scale Mt Annapurna Kathmandu, May 1 Spanish climber Carlos Soria Fontan, 77, became the oldest person to climb Mt Annapurna (8,091 m), as 30 climbers successfully scaled the world’s tenth highest peak this morning. With 14 foreigners, along with their 16... Travel 02 May, 2016
Nepal records 1st successful mountain summit of the year KATHMANDU: Nepal on Sunday recorded the first successful summit to the mountain above 8,000 m in this spring season. With 14 foreigners and their 16 high-altitude Sherpa workers reaching the summit of the Mt Annapurna, the Himalayan nation is... Travel 01 May, 2016
