May 20 2013 Last updated 8:55 am
Popular mountaineer Appa Sherpa broke his own record as he reached the top of Mount Everest for nineteenth time on Thursday morning. Sherpa reached the top of the highest peak in the world at around 8 a.m. today after 364… बाँकी अंश »
A joint meeting of Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents, Hotel Association Nepal, Trekking Association of Nepal, Nepal Association of Tour Operators and Nepal Association of Rafting Agents Thursday decided to mark the . The meeting also decided to… बाँकी अंश »
is about to get one last house call. And never before have the risks been higher. On Monday, astronauts will rocket away to the most famous telescope of modern times. They’ll be taking up new scientific instruments, replacement parts for… बाँकी अंश »
Twenty-three years after his death, the controversy over Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, one of the two men to step on Mount Everest for the first time continues, with British climbing legend Chris Bonington saying that the Everest hero was wronged. On… बाँकी अंश »
A group of ten Nepali women mountaineers is all set to embark on a mission to seven summits – the highest mountains of the seven continents. The group, comprising women from six different districts and ethnic groups of Nepal, announced… बाँकी अंश »
At least nine mountaineers died near the summit of K2 when a huge chunk of ice sheared off the mountain and hit them, Pakistani tour operators said today. Several more climbers are missing.Three South Korean, two Nepali, a Dutch, a… बाँकी अंश »
Eleven climbers died on Pakistan’s K2 mountain after an ice avalanche knocked down a fixed rope climbers were using to reach the summit, a mountaineer at their base camp said Sunday. Among the dead was a sherpa who had gone… बाँकी अंश »
China has decided to restrict access to Mount Everest to carry out a clean-up of the world’s highest ‘rubbish dump’.Earlier in May, the Communist leadership limited the climbing season, convincing the Nepali government to shut down the southern approach to… बाँकी अंश »
The capital of Tibet prepared on Friday to host the Olympic torch relay, three months after violent anti-government rioting rocked the city.The relay, which was disrupted during several legs outside of China by protests against Beijing’s policies in Tibet was… बाँकी अंश »
KATHMANDU (AFP) — Global warming is causing "massive problems" for Nepal, melting snows and bringing deadly floods despite the Himalayan country’s low greenhouse gas output, a minister said on Thursday.The towering mountain range that forms Nepal’s northern border with Tibet… बाँकी अंश »