NMA, ESA honor 35 women climbers on International Women's Day Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA), today on the occasion of 113th International Women’s Day, honoured 35 women climbers jointly with Everest Climbers Association (ESA). Nepal 08 Mar, 2023
Vice-president Pun inaugurates 7th Mountain Festival Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun today inaugurated the 7th Mountain Festival amid a function organised at International Mountain Museum (IMM) premises Kathmandu 11 Dec, 2022
Changing Himalayas: United Sherpa Association (US) hosts exhibition on climate change Changing Himalayas: United Sherpa Association (US) hosts exhibition on climate change Nepal 21 Oct, 2022
Nima Nuru Sherpa elected new Nepal Mountaineering Association chair Nima Nuru Sherpa has been elected the new president of Nepal Mountaineering Association after securing a win in the election that concluded on Friday. Nepal 11 Jun, 2022
All-party candidate Nima Nuru Sherpa in fray for NMA prez Senior tourism and aviation entrepreneur Nima Nuru Sherpa is all set to lead the country's only alpine club – Nepal Mountaineering Association – as the ruling alliance and main opposition party endorsed his candidacy, observers say. Nepal 08 Jun, 2022
Hit hard by pandemic, Sherpa widows face uphill battle KATHMANDU, JULY 7 After conquering Mount Everest and shattering taboos, two Nepali Sherpa widows face a new challenge, the coronavirus pandemic, which has shut down all climbing and trekking activities rendering them jobless. Nima Doma Sherpa... Travel 08 Jul, 2020
No work and little savings, Nepal's Sherpa widows face uphill battle KATHMANDU, July 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - After conquering Mount Everest and shattering taboos, two Nepali Sherpa widows face a new challenge - the coronavirus pandemic which has shut down all climbing and trekking activities, leaving them... Travel 07 Jul, 2020
Children of Everest avalanche victims get support KATHMANDU: A 17-year-old teenager from Chongqing, China initiated a campaign to support the children who lost their fathers in the deadliest avalanche on Mt Everest in 2014. Lily Wei in coordination with Shanshan Wang, Yu Tang, Cherry Tang, Pemba... Travel 30 Jun, 2019
Sherpa widows scale Mt Everest to inspire single women KATHMANDU: The widows of two Sherpa climbers, who died on Mt Everest, today successfully stood atop the roof of the world, the expedition organiser said. “Furdiki Sherpa and Nima Doma Sherpa reached the summit point of Mt Everest at around... Travel 23 May, 2019
Nepal�s Everest measurement expedition lands in soup KATHMANDU: A government team, which aims to re-measure the height of Mt Everest, has landed up in trouble after its team leader has been found leading a nine-member commercial expedition to the world’s highest mountain this spring... Travel 02 May, 2019
Life after death: Sherpa widows eye Everest to fight taboo KATHMANDU: Two Nepali Sherpa women hope to conquer Mount Everest next month, finishing off the job their husbands started in a bid to empower fellow widows and prove there is life after death. In a conservative country - which routinely... Travel 22 Apr, 2019
Sherpa widows breaking down taboos, eye Everest Kathmandu, March 29 For generations climbing has been firmly the realm of men among the legendary Sherpas of Nepal, tradition dictating women care for the home while their husbands conquer the Himalayan peaks. But that convention is being... Travel 30 Mar, 2019
