Everest records season's first casualty as Sherpa climber dies below Camp I A Sherpa climber died while carrying loads from the base camp to Camp I on Mt Everest early this morning, a source at the base camp confirmed. Nepal 14 Apr, 2022
EDITORIAL - Water for all Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba inaugurated the Angna Mauwa Greater Pumping Drinking Water Project in Tumbewa Rural Municipality, Panchthar, on Monday. The project is expected to benefit 1,600 households in wards 1, 2 and 3 of the rural municipality. Opinion 23 Mar, 2022
Icefall doctors' team at Everest Base Camp A team of eight icefall doctors has reached the base camp to pave the route for mountaineers to the summit of Mount Everest. A team led by Angsarki Sherpa, an icefall doctor who has been active in route construction for a long time, has reached the base camp. Nepal 22 Mar, 2022
Russia-Ukraine war takes toll on Everest climbing With the Russia-Ukraine war escalating in recent days, Nepal will see a decline in the number of mountain climbers in the spring climbing season, stakeholders have said. Nepal 19 Mar, 2022
Kami Rita-led team to fix Everest, Lhotse routes As spring climbing season commences, a team of 8 Sherpas from Seven Summit Treks under the management of the Expedition Operator Association of Nepal (EOA), will be leaving for the mountain to fix the route to the summit of Mt. Everest and Mt. Lhotse. Nepal 18 Mar, 2022
Rope fixing team to leave base camp to fix Everest route from Camp IV A 13-member rope fixing team is scheduled to fix the Everest Summit route from Camp IV and above from Wednesday - Nepal 03 May, 2021
DoT sets quota system for spring expedition In view of the ‘traffic jams’ of climbers attempting to scale the highest peak, Mt Everest, during the spring season in the recent years, the government has set a quota system to reduce congestion on the route. Business 22 Apr, 2021
EDITORIAL: Guide licence The Department of Tourism (DoT) has called on interested candidates to apply for the mountain guide license in a bid to better regulate mountaineering activities and enhance climbing professionalism. Opinion 12 Mar, 2021
Icefall doctors leave for Base camp to open the Mt. Everest route for the spring season A 10-member team of icefall doctors left for the Mt Everest Base camp to fix a climbing route up to Camp II of the World's Highest Peak for the Spring season, this year, today. Nepal 28 Feb, 2021
Nepal sets world record conducting Everest (Chomolungma) clean-up drive KATHMANDU: The Guinness World Records has announced that Nepal set a world record by successfully conducting an over a month-long cleaning campaign on the world’s highest mountain. According to Meera Acharya, spokesperson at the Department of... Travel 11 Aug, 2020
Govt not to issue expedition permits, on-arrival visas to be suspended KATHMANDU: The Government of Nepal will no longer issue climbing permits for spring expeditions on different mountains including Mt Everest, for now. A high-level committee meeting chaired by deputy prime minister Ishwor Pokharel took a decision to... Travel 13 Mar, 2020
Icefall doctors leave for base camp to open Everest route KATHMANDU: With the start of main climbing season, an eight-member team of icefall doctors today left for the Mt Everest base camp from Namche Bazaar to fix a climbing route up to Camp II in the world’s highest peak. The team led by Ang Sarki... Travel 10 Mar, 2020
