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
Record-holding Indian climber Arjun Vajpai to scale Shishapangma Record-holding Indian climber Arjun Vajpai today announced that he would leave for Tibet tomorrow to attempt to climb the world's fourteenth highest peak this season. Nepal 29 Sep, 2024
Purja denies any wrongdoing in Aussie climber's case Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja, owned Elite Expeditions today denied that it had withheld the climbing certificates of Australian woman climber Rochelle Gilmore. Nepal 22 Sep, 2024
THT IMPACT: Elite Adventure provides Rs 1 lakh for Prema's treatment Kathmandu-based Elite Himalayan Adventure Pvt Ltd has provided financial assistance of Rs 100,000 to the family of Prema Rogu, a 19-year-old resident of Mahalaxmi Municipality-2 in Dhankuta district who is battling a rare bone marrow disease. Kathmandu 22 Dec, 2023
Inspired by Nimsdai 'Nims' Purja, Drake drops new Nike NOCTA 8K Peaks apparel collection Drake unveiled a new NOCTA x Nike apparel collection, 8K Peaks collection, inspired by ground-breaking 14 Peaks and K2 Winter mountaineer Nimsdai ‘Nims’ Purja. Business 09 Dec, 2023
Nima Rinji (17), Shehroze (21) set record as climbers scale Cho Oyu Nepali and Pakistani climbers have scripted history after Cho Oyu recorded at least 11 successful summits this morning, organiser said. Nepal 06 Oct, 2023
Nims makes record 41 summits of 8000m peaks Legendary climber Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja has added another feather to his cap making the greatest number of successful summits over 8,000 meters in the history of extreme high-altitude mountaineering. Nepal 21 Sep, 2023
DoT collects over Rs 583 million in royalties from issuing climbing permits ​​​​​​​The Department of Tourism (DoT) collected more than Rs 583 million from issuing 2,427 climbing permits in 2022. Business 23 Aug, 2023
Everest summiteers finally get special badge from Govt The International Sagarmatha (Mount Everest) Day was celebrated in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu on May 29 by honouring Everest summiteers. Nepal 30 May, 2023
New York State passes resolution proclaiming May 29 as Int'l Everest Day The State of New York has officially proclaimed May 29 as Mount Everest Day, in conjunction with the observance of international Mount Everest Day. Nepal 31 May, 2022
Five virgin peaks successfully scaled this autumn season Kathmandu, November 10 Expeditions to five virgin peaks of above 6,000 metres have been successfully completed this autumn season. According to Mira Acharya, an official at the Mountaineering Division of the Department of Tourism (DoT), the peaks... 11 Nov, 2019
Kanchenjunga, Makalu record successful summits KATHMANDU: With the opening of climbing routes to the summit point of Mt Everest, Mt Kanchenjunga, Mt Lhotse and Mt Makalu on Tuesday, the world climbers have continued their final summit pushes to the top of different mountains. According to Jiban... Travel 15 May, 2019
