There are other Annapurnas in the lives of Wo(men): A legacy climb of the overlooked Annapurnas On June 03, 2025, it will be 75 years since the first successful ascent of Annapurna – the first 8000er ever to be summited by Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal. Nepal 22 Mar, 2025
USNCA marks International Everest Day in New York The US Nepal Climber Association Inc. has marked the 71st International Sagarmatha (Mt Everest) Day remembering the first successful summit of Mt Everest by Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Edmund Hillary in 1953. Nepal 30 May, 2024
8K Expeditions marks third anniversary, pays over Rs 500m as royalty 8K Expeditions, one of the country's largest adventure outfitters, has marked its third anniversary amidst an event in Kathmandu today. Nepal 01 Apr, 2024
Glimpses into autobiography of mountaineer Lhakpa Sonam Sherpa Senior tourism entrepreneur Lhakpa Sonam Sherpa, who successfully scaled Mt Everest last year, has proposed to form a special committee comprising representatives from different agencies to monitor mountaineering expeditions in the Everest base camp. Nepal 24 Feb, 2024
Khumbu sets new regulations to effectively manage Everest climbing To mitigate the rapid impact of climate change on the fragile Himalayan ecosystem, the Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality has enacted Base Camp Management Procedure 2024 to manage human activities in the base camps located across the foothills of various mountains in the region, including Mt Everest. Nepal 13 Feb, 2024
Govt honours SST as largest taxpayer mountaineering outfitter The government today honored Kathmandu-based Seven Summit Treks for being the largest contributor trekking and expedition company in Nepal in the last fiscal year. Nepal 28 Sep, 2023
EDITORIAL: Save mountains Marking the 70th anniversary of the first ascent of Mt Everest, around 1,000 people, including the former prime minister of New Zealand and hundreds of earth scientists, have appealed to all the governments and communities to save the snow-capped mountains from global warming. Opinion 30 May, 2023
2nd edition of US-Nepal Friendship Expedition in June A team of veteran climbers today announced to organize second edition of US-Nepal friendship expedition to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the successful American expedition to Mt. Everest. Kathmandu 12 Apr, 2023
Streamline mountain tourism: NMA Nepal Mountaineering Association, the country’s only alpine club, has asked the government to introduce a one-door policy to streamline all activities related to mountaineering tourism. Nepal 20 Jul, 2022
Ambassador Yubaraj Khatiwada strengthens diplomatic ties between Nepal-USA in Washington DC Ambassador Yubaraj Khatiwada has held an interactive meeting with prominent mountaineers at Rainier, Washington, on Monday. Nepal 09 Aug, 2021
COVID's impact on tourism The tourism sector is one of the country’s largest industries, contributing about 8 per cent of the country’s GDP and employing more than a million workers. The pandemic has brought the sector to its knees, affecting thousands of people whose livelihood depends on it. Blogs 06 Jul, 2021
EDITORIAL: Everest expedition Until a decade ago, Nepal’s mountaineering and trekking sector used to be overwhelmed by the western world, Japan and Australia, to name a few. But things have changed today as people from other parts of the world, especially those from the Middle East, are also venturing out to climb Nepal’s high mountains. Opinion 17 Mar, 2021
