More than 32,000 kg waste collected from Everest Kathmandu, June 30 With the end of the year’s main climbing season, mountaineers generated over thirty tonnes of garbage below Camp II on Mt Everest, an official at Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee said. SPCC Chairman AngDorje Sherpa... Travel 01 Jul, 2018
Everest litter worries Khumbu folks Namche Bazaar, May 29 Piles of trash on the high camps of Mt Everest have left the locals of Khumbu region very fearful of the adverse impact on their health and environment in the near future. Downstream communities, which have already... Travel 30 May, 2018
Holy stink! Piles of pooh litter Mt Everest Kathmandu, May 24 Mt Everest is stinking on ice, as climbers have left piles of faeces and bags loaded with pooh in the high camps this season, according to mountaineers who recently returned from scaling the mountain. Taking advantage of... Travel 25 May, 2018
Two injured in Mt Everest ice collapse Kathmandu, April 25 At least two climbing Sherpas were injured when the icefall section of Mt Everest witnessed an ice collapse early this morning, according to expedition officials. The incident occurred at around 4:00am when a group of... Travel 26 Apr, 2018
Two injured as ice collapse hits Mt Everest route KATHMANDU: At least two climbing Sherpas were injured when the icefall section of the Mt Everest witnessed an ice collapse early this morning, according to the expedition officials. The incident occurred at around 4:00 am when a group of... Travel 25 Apr, 2018
Icefall doctors open �safest� Everest route Kathmandu, April 4 With mountaineers leaving Kathmandu for the Mt Everest region for acclimatisation, 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... Travel 05 Apr, 2018
Sherpa team retrieves Austrian climber�s body from Mt Lobuche East KATHMANDU: A team of Sherpa climbers retrieved the body of an Austrian mountaineer, who was last seen on December 19, near the summit of Mt Lobuche East (6,119 m) in the Mt Everest region, according to a government official. Gyanendra Shrestha,... Travel 21 Mar, 2018
EDITORIAL: Trial by fire The burning question after Monday’s plane crash is: Are we well-equipped with personnel and gears to fight massive fires? Aviation experts and people involved in security and rescue operation believe that more people could have been saved from the... 19 Mar, 2018
Waste from Everest region airlifted Lukla, March 17 As part of the Everest Clean-up Campaign 2018, 5,000 kg non-burnable and non-biodegradable waste from the Everest region was flown to Kathmandu from Lukla today. An inaugural clean-up flight was officially flagged off from... Travel 18 Mar, 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
Local govt imposes Rs 2,000 entry fee on foreigners visiting Mt Everest region KATHMANDU: Foreigners visiting Mt Everest region will have to pay tourism fees to the local government after Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality in Solukhumbu district decided to impose the entrance fee on foreign tourists starting next... Travel 16 Sep, 2017
Mt Everest climbing route to South Col opens KATHMANDU: A group of trained mountain guides successfully established a climbing route up to South Col on Mt Everest as hundreds of mountaineers are acclimatising in Khumbu region before starting climbing the world's highest peak. According to... Travel 23 Apr, 2017
