Annapurna records season's first summit on 8000ers Climbers from the Seven Summit Treks and Imagine Nepal team have successfully reached the summit of Annapurna I (8,091 metres) marking the first 8000-meter summit of the Spring 2025 climbing season this morning. Nepal 06 Apr, 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
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
Top Aussie athlete gets summit certificates despite Nims Purja The Department of Tourism today issued copies of summit certificates to the Australian female climber for scaling Mt Everest and Mt Lhotse in 2023. Nepal 20 Sep, 2024
SPCC vice chair, CEO scale Everest A team of climbers from the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee today scaled the world’s highest peak, said base camp officials. Nepal 22 May, 2024
Famed climber Nims Purja takes illegal flight to Camp II on Everest Celebrated climber Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja today reportedly landed at the high camp on Mt Everest flouting the rules set by the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, eyewitnesses said. Nepal 19 May, 2024
Elite Exped says it trains Lobuche East climbers at Everest Base Camp Elite Exped, which faced controversy over ‘illegally’ taking non permitted climbers above the icefall section on Mt Everest, has claimed that their climbers trained at the base camp for Lobuche Peak. Nepal 19 May, 2024
Elite's Lingtren climbers 'illegally' climb Everest Camp III A group of foreign climbers reportedly climbed up to Camp III on Mt Everest without obtaining a permit from the government this season. Nepal 17 May, 2024
Icefall doctors finally open Everest route, reach above Camp I As the world mountaineers head to the Mt Everest region for acclimatisation, the icefall doctors today opened a climbing route from the Base Camp to Camp I by placing ropes and ladders on the treacherous section of the Khumbu icefall. Nepal 17 Apr, 2024
Lhakpa Sonam suggests Everest solutions Senior tourism entrepreneur Lhakpa Sonam Sherpa has just returned from the world’s highest peak after spending nearly two months in the Mt Everest region. Nepal 31 May, 2023
Sherpas still missing in Khumbu icefall region Sherpas still missing in Khumbu icefall region Nepal 14 Apr, 2023
