Ngima Nuru Sherpa becomes youngest climber to ascend Mt Everest for 21st time

KATHMANDU: A 37-year old Sherpa climber has become the youngest mountaineer in the world to successfully scale the world's highest mountain for the 21st time. Ngima Nuru Sherpa from Teso village near Namche Bazaar, Solukhumbu, along with other...

Travel 19 May, 2018

Spring 2026 climbing season opens with summits on three 8,000ers

Nepal's Spring 2026 climbing season has opened with a flurry of successful ascents across three eight-thousanders in a single weekend, with teams reaching the summits of Annapurna, Dhaulagiri and Makalu between April 17 and 18, signalling a strong start to what is shaping up to be an active season on the high peaks.

Nepal 19 Apr, 2026

29 climbers including footballer Sajan Dangol scale Everest

Expedition organizers said that 29 more climbers including record-holding athlete Sajan Dangol scaled Mt Everest this morning.

Nepal 14 May, 2025

Imagine Nepal team eyes season's first 8000er summit on Annapurna this week

A team of rope-fixing climbers from Imagine Nepal Treks is all set to make the season’s first summit of the mountain above 8,000m within this week.

Environment 23 Mar, 2025

Mingma G scales K2 for fifth time, Boonnitrod becomes first Thai to scale world's second highest peak

Renowned climber Mingma Gyalje Sherpa (Mingma G) from Imagine Nepal Treks along with other climbers successfully scale the world’s second highest peak.

Nepal 28 Jul, 2024

Minister Tamang honours rope-fixing climbers, warns stern action for circulating disinformation about Everest climbing

The rope-fixing climbers responsible for opening and fixing the climbing route from the Base Camp to the summit point of Mt Everest this year have been honored amidst a function in Kathmandu this afternoon.

Nepal 28 Jun, 2024

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

Rope fixing climbers, icefall doctors honored for route fixing on Mt. Everest

The icefall doctors and rope fixing climbers responsible for opening and fixing the climbing route from the Base Camp to the summit point of Mt Everest this year has been honored by the Department of Tourism at the Everest Base Camp today.

Nepal 12 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

Icefall doctors leave for Everest base camp to fix climbing route

An eight-member team of icefall doctors along with two kitchen staff, a garbage management staff, and a base camp manager, left for Mt Everest base camp from Namche Bazaar today.

Nepal 04 Mar, 2024

Khumbu Lhosar Cup to start on Feb 12 at Sanu Gaucharan

The tie-sheet for the 14th Khumbu Lhosar Cup football tournament has been drawn on Friday.

Sports 03 Feb, 2024

14th Khumbu Lhosar Cup nears kickoff

Preparations for the most anticipated sporting events of Khumbu community, 14th Khumbu Lhosar Cup is in the final stage.

Sports 04 Jan, 2024