Summit fever: Everest's budget climbing boom puts Indians most at risk KOLKATA/KATHMANDU: Earlier this month Dipankar Ghosh, a 52-year-old Indian photographer, scaled the world's fifth-highest peak, the snow-capped Mount Makalu. He didn't make it back down alive. After being separated from the rest of his team in... Travel 31 May, 2019
Four more die on Everest, season�s death toll hits 19 Kathmandu, May 24 At least four more climbers died on Mt Everest while a Sherpa climber breathed his last on Mt Makalu in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 19 on different mountains above 8,000 metres in the spring climbing season,... Travel 25 May, 2019
Sherpas recover Indian climbers� bodies on Mt Makalu; ground team finds no trace of Irish professor on Mt Everest KATHMANDU: A group of highly experienced Sherpa climbers today recovered two bodies of Indian climbers who died above Camp IV on Mt Makalu while descending from the summit point last week. “We have successfully recovered bodies of Narayan Singh... Travel 24 May, 2019
Spring climbing season death toll reaches 16 KATHMANDU: At least two more climbers died above the high camp of Mt Everest in the last 24 hours, bringing death toll to 16 on different mountains above 8,000 m in the spring climbing season, the expedition organisers said. Subash Shrestha, an... Travel 24 May, 2019
14 Sherpas leave for Mt Makalu to recover bodies of Indian climbers KATHMANDU: A team of 14 climbing Sherpas today left for the high camp of the world’s fifth highest mountain to carry out a search and recovery operation, according to the expedition organiser. A team led by Chhang Dawa Sherpa, Director at the... Travel 21 May, 2019
Kolkata climber Dipankar Ghos missing on Mt Makalu KATHMANDU: An Indian climber has gone missing from the high camp of Mt Makalu in eastern Nepal, the expedition organiser said. According to Mingma Sherpa, Chairman at Seven Summit Treks, Dipankar Ghos from Kolkata, India went missing above Camp... Travel 17 May, 2019
Indian climber Rajib Bhattacharya dies on Mt Dhaulagiri KATHMANDU: A seasoned Indian climber lost his life while descending from the summit of Mt Dhaulagiri (8,167m), the seventh highest mountain in the world, in western Nepal on Thursday afternoon. Rajib Bhattacharya (43) died at Camp III after he... Travel 19 May, 2016
