Around 500 climbers to take on Everest this season The spring climbing season for 2025 is expected to be a robust one, as per Rishi Bhandari, General Secretary of Expedition Operators Association of Nepal (EOAN). The spring climbing season for 2025 is expected to be a robust one, as per Rishi Bhandari, General Secretary of Expedition Operators Association of Nepal (EOAN). Nepal 20 Mar, 2025
Drones to clean Everest and minimise casualties With the 2025 climbing season set to start soon, preparations are in full swing to smoothly manage expeditions on various mountains, including Mt. Everest, the world's highest peak. Environment 20 Mar, 2025
8K team sets to fix summit routes on Everest, Lhotse this spring With the start of the spring climbing season, preparations are in full swing to smoothly manage expeditions on various mountains, including Mt. Everest, the world’s highest peak. Nepal 18 Mar, 2025
Ama Dablam Youth club fixing route on Island and Lobuche peaks The Pangboche Ama Dablam Youth Club have signed an agreement with Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) to manage mountaineering activities on Island Peak and Lobuche Peak. Nepal 09 Mar, 2025
Icefall doctors leave for base camp to fix Everest climbing route 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. Nepal 09 Mar, 2025
RECCO expands SAR Helicopter Detector Network to Nepal RECCO, a leading developer of advanced rescue technology, has announced the expansion of its RECCO SAR Helicopter Detector network with a recent deployment in Kathmandu, Nepal. Business 05 Feb, 2025
Nepal gears up to set Everest climbing fee at $15,000 per foreign climber The government of Nepal is set to increase its climbing permit fees for Mount Everest to $15,000 while also introducing a series of measures aimed at reducing environmental pollution and enhancing safety on the world’s highest peak. Nepal 21 Jan, 2025
Nepal's Purnima Shrestha named among CNN's Extreme Athletes of 2024 The esteemed news outlet acknowledged her for remarkable accomplishments in mountaineering. Nepal 30 Dec, 2024
Mount Everest's highest camp is littered with frozen garbage, and cleanup is likely to take years Since the peak was first conquered in 1953, thousands of climbers have scaled it and many have left behind more than just their footprints. Nepal 07 Jul, 2024
SPCC collects 85 tons of waste from EBC in spring 2024 The Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC) collected a total of 77,191 kgs (roughly 85 tons) of waste from Everest Base Camp (EBC) during the Spring 2024 climbing season. Nepal 30 Jun, 2024
In Memory of Great Grandfather George Mallory I remember growing up hearing stories of my great-grandfather George Leigh Mallory and his legacy. He was an avid climber and went on three expeditions to climb Everest in the early 1920s. The last, in 1924, would ultimately cost him his life along with his climbing partner Sandy Irvine. Nepal 09 Jun, 2024
Fastest woman Everesteer Phunjo Lama receives warm welcome in Kathmandu Mountaineering fraternity today joined friends and families of Phunjo Jhangmu Lama in welcoming her for setting the world record on Mt Everest in the spring climbing season. Nepal 26 May, 2024
