DoT issues climbing permits to 200 foreigners for autumn expeditions Kathmandu, September 3 More than 200 foreign climbers, along with their high attitude workers, are set to attempt to climb Mt Manaslu, the world’s eighth highest peak, this autumn. According to the Department of Tourism under the Ministry of... Horoscopes 04 Sep, 2018
Autumn climbing season kicks off in style KATHMANDU: More than 200 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. According to the Department of Tourism under... Travel 03 Sep, 2018
Russian climber dies on Mt Lhotse as summit bids underway on different peaks KATHMANDU: A Russian climber died of altitude sickness on Mt Lhotse yesterday, according a government official. Gyanendra Shrestha, liaison officer at the Ministry of Culture Tourism and Civil Aviation, confirmed that Rustem Amirov breathed his last... Travel 18 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
79-year-old Japanese oldest climber to scale Mt Lhotse; Sherpa climber missing on Mt Everest KATHMANDU: Japanese climber Matsumoto Tatsuo, 79, became the oldest person to climb Mt Lhotse (8,516 m), as more than 10 climbers successfully stood atop the world’s fourth highest mountain this morning. According to liaison officer Gyanendra... Travel 15 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
449 climbers including 190 foreigners scale Mt Everest KATHAMNDU: At least 449 climbers including 190 foreigners successfully scaled the world’s highest peak in the spring climbing season after a team of rope-fixing climbers opened a climbing route to the Mt Everest summit on May 15. With the... Travel 11 Jun, 2017
Mt Lhotse records first successful ascent after three years KATHMANDU: Mt Lhotse on Tuesday recorded the first summit in three years as the fourth highest mountain in the world drew the blank following the back-to-back disasters that hit the Mt Everest region in the previous years. According to Managing... Travel 16 May, 2017
One foreign climber dies on Mt Everest; longline rescue performed to evacuate some KATHMANDU: At least one climber was killed and a few others suffered from altitude related sicknesses, including snow blindness and frost bite, while descending from the top of Mt Everest, expedition organisers said. A foreign climber died at... Travel 21 May, 2016
Over 200 summitting Mount Everest today; a Sherpa guide dies KATHMANDU: Over 200 climbers are likely to reach the top of the world, the Mount Everest summit, on Thursday, according to an official. Department of Tourism official Gyanendra Shrestha told THT Online from the Everest Base Camp that around 150... Travel 19 May, 2016
Ascent into heavens Kathmandu:Fifty years have passed since the first ascent of Lhotse and Manaslu by Swiss and Japanese climbers. More than the actual climb, we should be celebrating what the achievement represents — reaching distant and difficult goals, overcoming the... Travel Abroad 09 Dec, 2006
