Rare event in climbing history Kathmandu, May 14 For the first time in the country’s mountaineering history, four mountains above 8,000 metres were scaled in a single day. A team of Sherpas pushed through some tough conditions to make it happen. Mount Everest (8,848 m),... Travel 15 May, 2019
Mt Everest records season�s first summit as Sherpa climbers open summit route KATHMANDU: A team of experienced mountaineering guides successfully reached the top of the world opening a climbing route to the summit of Mt Everest this afternoon. Gyanendra Shrestha, a liaison officer at the Everest base camp, told THT that... Travel 14 May, 2019
Coke�s CSR initiative KATHMANDU: Coca-Cola has partnered with the Nepali Army, central, provincial and local governments, Nepal Mountaineering Association and SPCC in the largest joint initiative to retrieve discarded garbage from Mt Everest. Themed ‘Clean Our... 08 May, 2019
Climbing route to Everest South Col opens KATHMANDU: A group of climbing Sherpas today successfully opened a climbing route to the Camp IV on Mt Everest. According to Iswari Paudel, Managing Director at Himalayan Guides, climbing Sherpas reached the South Col (8,000 metres) this... Travel 02 May, 2019
3,000 kg of garbage collected from Mt Everest region Kathmandu, April 28 Three-thousand kilogrammes of solid waste has been collected from the Mt Everest region so far under the Sagarmatha Cleaning Campaign. The campaign had started from April 14. Organising a press meet today in the Capital, Dandu... 29 Apr, 2019
2,000 kg solid waste collected from Mt Everest region Solukhumbu, April 21 Two-thousand kilograms of solid waste has been collected from Mt Everest region under the Sagarmatha Cleaning Campaign. Of the total amount of garbage collected, 1,000 kg was taken to Kathmandu and another 1,000 kg to... Travel 22 Apr, 2019
UK�s Citibank chief among 374 heads for Everest bid KATHMANDU: Managing Director at Citibank in the United Kingdom, among 374 climbers from 46 countries, will be attempting to climb the world’s highest peak in the spring season. “As of today, 374 world climbers including 12 Nepalis obtained... Travel 18 Apr, 2019
10,000 kg garbage targeted Kathmandu, April 11 The government and several stakeholders are jointly initiating a mega 45-day clean-up campaign in the world’s highest mountain from mid-April. The ‘Mt Everest clean-up campaign-2019’ has set a target of collecting... Travel 12 Apr, 2019
Plan to clear Everest of bodies, trash The base camp will be set up by the third week of April to start the mega campaign Kathmandu, April 7 In a bid to keep the world’s highest mountain clean, Nepali stakeholders are all set to jointly launch a massive cleaning drive on Mt... Travel 08 Apr, 2019
Icefall doctors open Everest route using 20 ladders KATHMANDU: As the world mountaineers started heading towards the Mt Everest region for acclimatisation, the icefall doctors have opened a climbing route from the Base Camp to Camp II. A team of eight icefall doctors finally opened the climbing... Travel 05 Apr, 2019
Icefall doctors fixing route on Mt Everest as spring climbing season begins KATHMANDU: As the expedition operators and the world climbers are now busy with the final packing and supplying of climbing logistic to the Mt Everest region, an eight-member team of icefall doctors have started fixing a climbing route up to the... Travel 20 Mar, 2019
Nepal Army gulma collects 800kg garbage from Mt Ama Dablam KATHMANDU: The Shumsher Gulma, a company of Nepal Army (NA), participated in the 'Mt Ama Dablam clean-up Mega Campaign - 2075' that had started from November 25. The clean-up campaign organised by Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC)... Travel 12 Dec, 2018
