Nepal
Army to collect 35,000 kgs of garbage from the mountains
(rep 18/03/2023)
Corpses
pile up on mountains, recovery cost high, by Sangay
Sherpa (ht 20/02/2023)
A
Spanish, six Nepalis make rare winter ascent of Mount
Manaslu : The Nepali team to scale the mountain is
comprised solely of Sherpas, by Sangam Prasain (kp
07/01/2023)
Rs
93m collected from issuing climbing permits (ht
07/12/2022)
Ropes
on climbing routes litter Mount Everest : Around 50
tonnes of climbing ropes are estimated to lie buried
under the snow on different mountains, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 03/12/2022)
Revenue
collection from mountain climbing doubles this year,
by Enika Rai (rep 01/12/2022)
161
including 77 foreigners climb Mt Manaslu this spring
(rn 31/10/2022)
901
mountaineers granted permits for winter expeditions
(nlt 15/10/2022)
Korean
and Nepali missing in avalanche at Dhaulagiri Base Camp
(rep 10/10/2022)
Govt
collects highest amount of royalty from Mt Manaslu
climbing permits, by Enika Rai (rep 10/10/2022)
Avalanche
hits Manaslu Base Camp (kh 02/10/2022), Body
of missing Sherpa found in Manaslu (rep 03/10/2022)
Manaslu
sees steep climb in permit numbers : Behind this year’s
historic high number is the climbers’ motivation to
scale the ‘true summit’—a snow-covered rock outcrop that
is very steep, by Sangam Prasain (kp 01/10/2022)
Avalanche
hits Manaslu base camp, 12 people injured (kh
26/09/2022), Several
reportedly injured in avalanche on Mount Manaslu :
Although there have been reports of injuries, the
reports are yet to be ascertained, say government
official (kh 26/09/2022), Eight stranded
in Manaslu avalanche : Rescue teams are facing
difficulties conducting rescue operations due to bad
weather in the mountains, said police, by Hariram
Upreti (kh 26/09/2022), Manaslu
avalanche: One killed, several others injured, by
Narhari Sapkota (rep 26/09/2022), Renowned
American ski mountaineer Hilaree Nelson missing from
Mount Manaslu (ht 26/09/2022), Four
people trapped in Manaslu avalanche rescued (kh
26/09/2022), Six
people trapped in Manaslu avalanche rescued Tuesday
morning (kh 27/09/2022), Hilaree
Nelson, the famed ski mountaineer, missing after falling
into a crevasse on Manaslu
In a separate incident, a powerful avalanche on Mount
Manaslu kills Anup Rai, a guide, and injures many others,
by Sangam Prasain (27/09/2022), One
killed and 10 rescued in Manaslu avalanche (kh
27/09/2022), American
mountaineer Nelson found dead in Manaslu (kh
28/09/2022)
472
climbers receive permits to scale country's mountains
(ht 20/09/2022)
Nepal
to move Everest Base Camp from melting glacier (kh
17/06/2022), Efforts
underway to relocate Everest Base Camp, mountaineers
suggest not to hurry (rep 21/06/2022)
Nima
Nuru elected president of NMA (kh 11/06/2022)
Norwegian
woman, two Sherpa climbers set record scaling six
8,000ers in 29 days (ht 27/05/2022)
Army
collects 30,000 kg mountain waste (rn 21/05/2022)
Everest
summits: It's 25 for Pasang Dawa, 24 for Ngima Nuru
(ht 21/05/2022)
This
climbing season may close early (rn 21/05/2022)
150
climbers reach atop Everest, as a Nepali woman breaks
her own record with the 10th ascent : Six out of ten
all-Black teams also made it to the top as spring
climbing season is underway, by Sangam Prasain (kp
12/05/2022), Nepali
woman scales Everest for record 10th time (ht
12/05/2022)
Hopes
to rescue missing guide fade as aerial, ground searches
end sans progress in Lhotse (ht 09/05/2022)
Russian
climber died at Camp I on Everest (nlt 08/05/2022)
Kami
Rita scales Everest for 26th time as Everest summit
route opens (ht 07/05/2022)
Indian
climber dies on Mt Kanchenjunga (nlt 06/05/2022)
DoT
collects Rs 470.92m in royalties from issuing climbing
permits (ht 06/05/2022)
899
climbers reach base camps to climb 25 mountains (rn
01/05/2022)
109
teams acquire permits for climbing peaks this spring
season (kh 27/04/2022)
Dept
of Tourism issues 876 climbing permits, collects over Rs
448.09 million in royalties (ht 26/04/2022)
Route
construction to Everest summit from tomorrow (rn
16/04/2022)
Everest
records season's first casualty as Sherpa climber dies
below Camp I (ht 15/04/2022)
689
climbers of 84 teams so far acquire permits for climbing
various peaks this spring season (kh 14/04/2022), 689
mountaineers of 84 teams so far acquire permits for
spring season : Tourism entrepreneurs say they are
enthusiastic to see the atmosphere suggesting good
indicators in the tourism sector with the slowing down
of Covid-19 risk (nlt 14/04/2022)
Lhakpa
Sherpa aims to set new record at Mt Everest (ht
12/04/2022)
22
Mountaineers Climb Mt. Dhaulagiri : First successful
climbing in 2022 (rn 11/04/2022), Greek
alpinist Antonios Sykaris dies after scaling Mt
Dhaulagiri (ht 12/04/2022)
Ropes
fixed up to Camp II of Mt Everest for spring ascent :
With the onset of the tourist season, the number of
foreign tourists visiting Khumbu in the Everest region
has increased (nlt 09/04/2022)
342
people from 13 mountaineering groups climbing mountains
this spring (kh 05/04/2022)
Tourism
department issues 128 climbing permits for spring
(rep 29/03/2022)
Icefall
doctors’ team at Everest Base Camp (kh 21/03/2022)
Rope
fixing on Everest and Lhotse for spring climbing season
commences (rep 19/03/2022)
Climbing
season in Nepal likely to suffer if Russia-Ukraine
conflict escalates (rep 10/03/2022)
Pollution:
Height of Mt Everest of clothing “disposed of every
seven minutes”, by Eak Raj Bastola (kh 26/02/2022)
Tribute
to grandfather: Tenzing Jangbu climbing Everest to pay
tribute to Ang Rita Sherpa, by Eak Raj Bastola (kp
12/02/2022)
Future
of mountaineering in Nepal : The growing popularity of
mountaineering means adequate human resources are
essential, by Jinesh Sindurakar (kp 09/02/2022)
Plight
of the Sherpas: “Is our retired life secure?”, by
Eak Raj Bastola (kh 29/12/2021)
Mt
Saipal, a virgin peak in farwest, still waiting for
daring climbers (kh 28/12/2021)
Made
for the mountains : Having started his mountaineering
career in 2008, Mingma David Sherpa, 32, is now one of
the most recognised climbers of his generation, by
Pasang Dorjee (kp 25/12/2021)
New
trail to Everest found. Climbers could avoid the
dangerous Khumbu Icefall : A Nepali-French team claims
to have explored alternative route to the summit.
Feasibility will be tested in spring, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 04/12/2021)
British
mountaineer dies in Khumbu region (kh 06/11/2021)
Three
French climbers reported missing in Everest region :
Inclement weather hinders search mission, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 01/11/2021), Bodies
of French climbers found under snow, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 09/11/2021)
Everest's
100 Years Of Destiny And Death On The Roof The World,
by Maureen O'Hare (rn 25/10/2021)
Danish
tourist dies at Makalu base camp (kh 24/10/2021)
Nepali
woman scales Mt Dhaulagiri (kh 01/10/2021), Photojournalist
Poornima Shrestha scales Mt Dhaulagiri with 19 others
(rep 01/10/2021) [Together with Pasang Lamu Sherpa], Shrestha,
Sherpa Become First Nepali Women To Summit Dhaulagiri
(rn 02/10/2021)
First
casualty of the season on Manaslu as Canadian climber
dies above 7,000m (ht 29/09/2021), First
in 45 years, 22 climbers make rare autumn ascent of
Manaslu summit : The main peak is 8,163 metres high, and
the mountaineering fraternity has lauded the
climbers for conquering the ‘true summit’, first time
since 1976, by Sangam Prasain (kp 01/10/2021)
Nepalis
are not just climbing mountains but studying them too,
by Birat Anupam (rec 08/09/2021)
160
climbers receive permits to climb Mt Manaslu (rep
07/09/2021)
Lack
of certificates worries professional mountaineering
guides (ht 25/08/2021)
Govt
extends Mt Everest climbing season till June 3 (kh
30/05/2021), Everest
climbing season extended to June 3 as scores wait for
fair weather : The spring season ends in May as the
summer heat melts ice, making climbing dangerous.
But with snowfall over the last few days, officials rule
out the risk, by Sangam Prasain (kp 30/05/2021) [The fact is that the officials have
no idea at all and are only marginally interested in the
safety aspect! Couldn't it be that all the fresh snow
makes a climb even more dangerous?]
Four
bodies recovered, 27,671 kg garbage collected from
mountains, including Everest (kh 30/05/2021)
Heavy
snowfall at Everest Base Camp hits mountaineering
(kh 27/05/2021)
Despite
coronavirus scare, more than 170 climbers summit Everest
in a day : With a record 408 permits issued, the
mountain remains crowded even after many abandoned their
ascent as climbers and guides show Covid-19 symptoms,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 24/05/2021) [This
entire action this year is totally reckless and
irresponsible on the part of the climbers, the agencies
involved and especially the Oli government for allowing
such a thing to happen! In this way, the virus is being
carried in a massive way into a remote mountain region
that has so far been able to seal itself off to some
extent!]
Everest
death-toll reaches three this season with one fatality
reported today (ht 18/05/2021), Sherpa
falls to death on Everest while descending : More than
200 climbers have reached Camp 2 and they are
likely to begin their summit push on May 21 (kp
19/05/2021)
Furtenbach
Adventures first expedition organiser to cancel Everest
ascends amid COVID-19 concerns (ht 16/05/2021)
China
cancels Everest climbs over fears of virus from Nepal
(ht 16/05/2021)
Sagarmatha
sees first deaths of 2021 expedition (rep
13/05/2021)
China’s
‘separation line’ plan at Everest summit over virus
fears raises questionsNepal reports more Covid-19 deaths
and record daily new infectionsOli loses vote of
confidenceNepal officials and mountaineers call it
fanciful, something impractical to enforce on the
mountaintop, which is just about 25 square metres in
area, by Sangam Prasain (kp 11/05/2021)
12
Nepalis atop Mt Everest amid virus scare : Kami Rita
Sherpa led the group and climbed the mountain for a
record 25 times. The ascent in the time of a pandemic is
the season’s earliest in more than two decades, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 08/05/2021), Summit
route opens as Kami Rita scales Everest 25 times (ht
08/05/2021)
Virus
in the Himalaya : Without testing, there is no way to
rule out coronavirus transmission on Everest (kp
07/05/2021)
Mountaineering
sector recovery in doubt, by Arpana Ale Magar
06/05/2021)
Mt
Everest at risk of outbreak as Covid-19 reaches
Dhaulagiri : Government and mountaineering officials
dismiss reports, but Nepal’s record surge in cases has
set off alarm bells, by Sangam Prasain (kp
06/05/2021)
Everest
saw its first Covid-19 case last week and this week
all-time high number of permits : 394 Everest permits
have been issued to climbers even as Nepal has
been reporting a steady rise in new coronavirus
infections over the last two weeks (kp 24/04/2021) [All oxygen available in the country
should be used exclusively for Covid-19 patients and not
for mountaineers!]
Nepal
sets climber quotas to prevent crowds on Everest :
Tourism Department has issued Everest permits to 377
climbers so far, and the number is expected to rise
close to 400, by Sangam Prasain (kp 22/04/2021)
Six
Nepali women scale Mt Annapurna, by Arpana Ale Magar
(ht 17/04/2021)
465
climbers get permission to scale 11 mountains this
spring season : The Department of Tourism has collected
Rs 381.2 million as royalty from the climbers in the
spring season, 2021 (rep 13/04/2021), DoT
grants permission to 465 climbers to scale 11 mountains
this spring (kh 13/04/2021)
Pandemic?
It’s not there on Everest : Everest, closed last year,
sees a high number of climbers. So far 244 individual
permits have been issued and officials expect this
number to near 2019 record of 381, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 11/04/2021)
Dispute
over mountain guide license: DoT must reconsider
decision, by Jinesh Sindurakar (ht 06/04/2021)
31
climbers permitted to climb Sagarmatha this spring
season, by Minraj Bhandari (rep 01/04/2021)
Nepal
issues first Everest climbing permit after a year : A
16-member team from the Bahrain Defence Force has been
issued with the permit to climb the mountain (kp
27/03/2021), 'Expedition
is incomplete without the Sherpas', by Arpana Ale
Magar (ht 27/03/2021)
No
dissemination of pictures of others on Everest without
consent : As the mountaineering season nears, the
Department of Tourism introduces a slew of rules to
avoid controversies. These are old rules and cannot be
enforced, say observers, by Sangam Prasain (kp
10/03/2021), Permit
must for shooting promotional videos on Everest, other
mountains; Tourist arrival rules not relaxed (ht
13/03/2021)
Sherpas
should step out of the shadows : Their contribution to
mountaineering successes is often overlooked by the
global media, by Tsewang Nuru Sherpa (kp 26/02/2021)
Everest
Summiteers Association elects new executive
committee (ht 26/02/2021)
DoT
starts distributing spring season climbing permits
(ht 22/02/2021)
Nepal
bans three Indian nationals from climbing its mountains
for faking ascent of Everest : Their high-altitude guide
is fined Rs10,000 for making a false report but liaison
officer is let off with a warning (kp 12/02/2021)
Sherpas,
Gurkhas and the ghosts of the Himalaya : It took more
than 100 years, but recognition has finally come by
Nepali mountain climbers, by Deepak Thapa (kp
04/02/2021)
Officials
supporting Everest climbers to be strapped with GPS
device this spring : The use of technology is aimed at
preventing fake summit claims and stopping liaison
officers from pocketing money, by Sangam Prasain (kp
04/02/2021)
Nepali
climbers script history scaling K2 in winter season
(ht 17/01/2021), Mission
possible: Ten Nepalis become first to climb Mt K2 in the
dead of winter : For the last three weeks, around 60
mountaineers had battled high winds, heavy snowfall,
rockfall and chilling cold to achieve what many had long
believed to be impossible, by Sangam Prasain (kp
17/01/2021)
Six
expedition permits issued for winter season (ht
07/01/2021)
Support
the Sherpas : The government must do better than just
handing out assurances (kp 16/12/2020)
Two
expedition teams receive permits to scale two mountains
this winter (rep 04/12/2020)
What
is it about Ama Dablam? Elegant but dangerous peak in
Nepal draws mountaineers despite the pandemic (nt
20/11/2020)
Triumph
at 29,000 feet: Everest has seen over 6,500 footfalls
since first ascent in 1953In recent years, summit
hopefuls have been growing since the tragedy on the
tallest mountain in 2014 and its closure following the
2015 earthquake, by Sangam Prasain (kp 17/10/2020)
Prince
of Bahrain, 17 others arriving in Nepal for
mountaineering (rep 01/09/2020) [This
must be seen as another consistent stance of the Oli
government. For months, Nepalese citizens have been
returned to their own country only extremely filtered,
but foreigners with a lot of money are allowed to enter
the country, which has been sealed off for months, for
pure pleasure. How much bribe money did they pay?[
Mountaineering
activities resume from today, by Muna Sunuwar (rep
30/07/2020), Nepal
to reopen Everest to climbers despite coronavirus case
rise (ht 31/07/2020)
Hit
hard by pandemic, Sherpa widows face uphill battle:
Contagion has hampered their plan to provide job
oriented training for fellow widows (ht 08/07/2020)
Nepal’s
mountaineers hopeful of Autumn Season, by Eak Raj
Bastola (kh 04/04/2020)
With
Everest expeditions cancelled, guides and porters could
carry down trash and dead bodies: As Everest is free of
climbers, this is an opportune moment to employ jobless
sherpas and guides to haul trash and bodies off the
mountain, mountaineers say, by Sangam Prasain (kp
18/03/2020)
Nepal
government puts all tourist visas on hold and cancels
all spring climbing expeditions: The visa suspension
will begin March 14 and last until the end of April,
depriving Nepal of millions in Everest climbing fees,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 13/03/2020), Pandemic
shuts down Everest, permits scrapped (ht 14/03/2020)
Submission
of 14-day travel record mandatory for expedition permit
(ht 11/03/2020)
Sherpas
fixing two ropes to ease Everest traffic jam (rep
08/03/2020)
Inclement
weather halts all three winter Everest expeditions:
Heavy snowfall for two days on the world’s highest peak
has led to the cancellation of all expeditions planned
for the winter, by Sangam Prasain (kp 29/02/2020)
25
mountains successfully climbed this autumn (rep
16/01/2020)
Five
mountaineers to attempt extreme winter ascent of
Everest: Two German and three Spanish climbers will try
to scale the world's tallest peak without oxygen, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 14/01/2020)
Total
535 successful ascents last autumn (ht 14/01/2020)
Rs
1.68 million in expedition royalties collected this
winter (rep 12/01/2020)
Zero
climbing fees to boost Visit Nepal 2020: The government
aims to lure climbers and promote peaks which have
received little attention, by Sangam Prasain (kp
21/12/2019)
Climbing
Everest will now require a full medical history,
insurance and a certificate: The Department of Tourism
has come up with new mountaineering rules in the wake of
a crowded season that saw nine deaths on the world’s
highest peak, by Sangam Prasain (kp 16/12/2019)
1,200
climbers acquire permission to climb different mountains
in autumn season (rep 20/11/2019)
Five
virgin peaks successfully scaled this autumn season
(ht 11/11/2019)
Climbing
Mount Everest and the evolving East-West relationship:
Hope remains that, with publicity and exposure, both
Nirmal Purja and Lhakpa Sherpa receive better treatment
than their predecessors, by Pramod Mishra (kp
07/11/2019)
After
a smashing record, Nirmal Purja hopes he inspired the
next generation: The 36-year-old former Gurkha made
history on Tuesday after scaling all 8,000 meters peaks
in the shortest span of time, by Sangam Prasain (kp
31/10/2019), 14
eight-thousander peaks in six months, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 31/10/2019)
Planned
autumn attempts on Everest cancelled due to bad weather:
Climbers said that the 'post-monsoon' autumn season on
the world's highest peak was a tough one this year,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 23/10/2019)
Rs
49.28 million collected in mountaineering royalty,
by Sujeeta Pradhan (rep 13/10/2019)
10
climbers to make autumn Everest ascent after nine years:
The last time someone climbed the world's highest peak
in autumn was in 2010, by Sangam Prasain (kp
09/09/2019)
Govt
prepares to open more peaks for climbing (rep
07/09/2019)
230
permitted to climb six mountains this autumn, by
Muna Sunuwar (rep 04/09/2019)
SC
lets differently-abled climbers get permits to
scale mountains (ht 29/06/2019)
How
to restore the lure of Everest: Legendary British
mountaineer offers solutions to overcrowding on the
summit this spring, by Doug Scott (nt 28/06/2019)
Yet
another case of morphed photo claiming Mount Everest
summit, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 27/06/2019)
Trash
Mountain: Abandoned tents add to detritus on Mount
Everest (ht 25/06/2019) [All
mountaineers who do not bring their waste back to
Kathmandu must be punished severely!]
281
climbers scaled Everest this springDepartment of
Tourism collected Rs 442m royalty from Everest
expeditions (ht 12/06/2019)
Traffic
jams aren’t killing people, inexperienced guides are,
24-time Everest summiteer says Kami Rita Sherpa, who
broke his own record for most Everest ascents this year,
opens up about the problems on Everest—and about the
reluctance to fix them, by Pranaya SJB Rana (kp
05/06/2019)
Authorities
consider barring weak climbers from Everest after a
spate of deaths: Government may make an advanced
climbing course mandatory for climbers before their
Everest expedition, by Sangam Prasain (kp
31/05/2019), Lethal
traffic jam: The rising death toll of climbers has
exposed previously unthought-of dangers on the highest
peak on earth, by Thaneshwor Chalise (kp
31/05/2019), Because
we are there: Ultimately, the responsibility for
survival lies with the climbers themselves, by
Damien Francois (nt 31/05/2019)
Mount
Everest ‘traffic jam’ survivor calls for tougher rules
(ht 28/05/2019), Nine
Everest deaths this season raise questions about
overcrowding, but offer few answers: Officials continue
to defend their plans to issue permits to a record
number of climbers, by Sangam Prasain (kp
29/05/2019), No
room at the top: Traffic on Mt Everest is
dangerous, the government must pay heed (kp
29/05/2019)
Four
bodies found in Everest ice melt brought to Kathmandu
(rep 24/05/2019)
Nepal
survey officials install GPS device on Everest summit
(rep 23/05/2019)
250
people want to climb Everest today. Not everyone will
make it: High number of aspiring climbers at the final
camp has raised fears of a traffic jam, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 22/05/2019), In
a new record, over 200 climbers summit Everest in a
single day: The longest single-day weather window in
recorded history saw 250 mountaineers vying for the top
of the world, by Sangam Prasain (kp 23/05/2019), Despite
assurances from expeditions and government, a ‘traffic
jam’ on Everest kills climbers again: Though a fixed
climbing timetable was supposed to reduce overcrowding
on Everest, climbers were forced to wait for hours
on the ascent and descent, by Sangam Prasain (kp
24/05/2019)
Kami
Rita tops Everest twice in week in new record: Takes his
summit count to 24 (rep 22/05/2019)
14
climbers scale Mt Everest this spring season (ht
21/05/2019)
Kami
Rita to again do Everest twice in a season: Will head
for the summit on May 22 to top the world’s highest peak
for the 24th time (rep 17/05/2019)
Kami
Rita Sherpa, in a stirring new record, climbs Everest
for the 23rd time: The 49-year-old guide has been
climbing the world’s highest peak almost every year
since 1994, by Sangam Prasain (kp 16/05/2019)
Four
eight-thousanders see first summit of season on same day
(kp 15/05/2019), With
ropes fixed on Everest, climbers head for summit
(rep 15/05/2019)
Peruvian
climber's dead body airlifted to Kathmandu (rep
11/05/2019)
Everest
hopefuls
asked to suspend all activity until weather clears:
Severe winds, thought to be a result of Cyclone Fani,
blew away tents at Everest Base Camp, leading
authorities to ask climbers not to proceed at least
today, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 04/05/2019)
Major
clean-up
campaign hopes to rid Everest of 10,000 kg garbage: The
campaign will not only bring back garbage but also the
bodies of dead climbers that litter the world’s highest
peak, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 29/04/2019), 3,000
kg of garbage collected from Mt Everest region (kp
29/04/2019) [Mountaineers who
donot return their waste to Kathmandu must be punished!],
Three
dead bodies emerge from Everest ice (rep 29/04/2019)
Traffic
snarls on Everest await climbers (rep 28/04/2018)
32,
including Gurkha soldier, scale Mount Annapurna (ht
24/04/2019)
Army
removes two tons of waste from Everest (rep
20/04/2019) [Make the
mountaineers and their teas responsible! The destruction
of the sensitive environment is not a trivial offence!]
For
this
season’s Everest climbers, it’s all systems go—except
the weather: Bad weather may force a record number of
climbers to rush up and down the summit, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 19/04/2019)
75
teams so far get climbing permits for spring season
(rep 15/04/2019)
On
Everest
4 years after the Nepal Earthquake: Mountaineer returns
to the world’s highest mountain after being thwarted by
the 2014 and 2015 tragedies, by Damien Francois (nt
12/04/2019)
Expedition
to remeasure height of Everest (ht 09/04/2019)
Plan
to clear Everest of bodies, trash: The base camp will be
set up by the third week of April to start the mega
campaign, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 08/04/2019), Everest
clean-up:
Everest cannot be kept free from refuse unless the
authorities concerned strictly implement the rules
introduced in 2014 (ht 09/04/2019), Exactly
how
high is Mount Everest? Nepal says it will announce next
year: Nepal, home to the tallest mountain in the world,
has relied on the Survey of India’s measurement for over
50 years. This year, for the first time, it is deploying
officials to measure the peak’s height, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 09/04/2019)
Icefall
doctors open Everest route using 20 ladders (ht
06/04/2019)
This
is
what it takes to get a foreigner to Everest: Behind the
herculean task of putting together an expedition to
climb the world’s tallest peak are nearly a hundred
people, from porters and guides to chefs and
sherpas, by Tsering Ngodup Lama and Deepak Gautam
(kp 06/04/2019)
DoT
issues 348 expedition permits, collects Rs 217m royalty
(ht 05/04/2019)
Everest
is crying: Little attention is paid to the ugly
footprints big-spending climbers leave behind, by
Arpan Dahal (kp 01/04/2019)
Nepali
climbers sets sights at maiden ascent of Gyalzen Peak,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 29/03/2019)
DoT
holds back budget for peak profile project citing lack of
work plan, by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 24/02/2019)
Sherpa
climbers seek social security (ht 17/01/2019)
Sherpa
widows to climb Everest (kp 27/12/2018)
Pemba
Dorji stripped of everest speed climb record (kp
12/11/2018)
Mount
Ghustung in Myagdi records first summit: Gurja Himal still
unclimbed after second summit attempt, by Santosh
Pokharel (rep 31/10/2018)
Govt
collects Rs 37 million in expedition royalties, by
Arpana Ale Magar (rep 27/10/2018)
Nine
climbers
die on Mt Gurja after snowstorm: Climbers had been waiting
in a camp for a fair window of weather to climb the
7,193-metre peak in western Nepal, by Ghanshyam Khadka
(kp 14/10/2018)
Foreign
climbers stranded on Mt Manaslu, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
11/09/2018)
DoT
issues climbing permits to 200 foreigners for autumn
expeditions (rep 04/09/2018)
Trekking
agency faces govt action for forgery: Seven Summit Treks
slapped fine of US$ 44,000; Forgers to get seven years in
jail (ht 30/08/2018)
Mt
Everest climbing regulations: Court overturns ban on
differently abled-climbers (kp 28/06/2018)
Probe
committee formed (ht 05/06/2018)
Annapurna
Expedition Day observed (ht 04/06/2018)
World’s
highest ER battles to save lives on Everest (kp
02/06/2018)
Everest
litter worries Khumbu folks, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
30/05/2018) [The government must
construct sufficient public toilets at Everest BC and make
the mountaineers responsible for waste disposal!!],
The
real quest: Records on Everest make headlines, but govt
must take steps to keep it clean for posterity (kp
01/06/2018)
65th
anniversary of first Everest ascent: Respect ethics of
mountain climbing: Kanchha Sherpa, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 29/05/2018)
Sherpa’s
death on Everest linked to crypto currency (ht
28/05/2018)
Holy
stink! Piles of pooh litter Mt Everest, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 25/05/2018)
Debate
rages whether or not Hillary Step has fallen off, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 24/05/2018)
Woman
climber Nima Jangmu Sherpa sets world record, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 23/05/2018)
Sherpa
climber dies while ascending Mt Everest from North Col,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 23/05/2018)
First
Nepali women Journalists team scripts history on Mt
Everest, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 23/05/2018)
IFMGA
guide Damai Sarki Sherpa dies; Everest death toll reaches
five, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 22/05/2018)
Macedonian
climber dies on Mt Everest, Sherpa climber evacuated
(ht 21/05/2018)
Japanese
climber Nobukazu Kuriki found dead on Mt Everest (ht
21/05/2018)
Purnima
first lenswoman atop Everest (kp 20/05/2018)
Ngima
Nuru Sherpa becomes youngest climber to ascend Mt Everest
for 21st time (ht 20/05/2018)
Sherpa
shortage takes a toll on Everest (kp 19/05/2018)
Shivangi,
youngest Indian woman to climb Mt Everest; 27 more scale
mountain today (ht 18/05/2018)
Each
Everest climber brings 8 kg waste during descent, by
Radha Dhungana (rep 18/05/2018)
Lhakpa
Sherpa scales Mt Everest nine times breaking own record,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 16/05/2018)
Kami
Rita Sherpa scales Mt Everest for record 22 times (ht
16/05/2018), Kami
Rita Sherpa summits Everest for record 22nd time, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 17/05/2018)
79-year-old
Japanese oldest climber to scale Mt Lhotse; Sherpa climber
missing on Mt Everest (ht 16/05/2018)
Sherpa
climber dies on Mt Makalu, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
15/05/2018)
Australian
climbs Everest, sets ‘fastest seven summit record’ (kp
15/05/2018), 70-year-old
Chinese double amputee scales Mt Everest (kp
15/05/2018)
8
climbers summit Mt Everest, prepare route for hundreds,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 14/05/2018), Summit
route opens from Nepal side, 8 Sherpas scale Mt Everest
(ht 14/05/2018)
Climbers
who skied on Everest in soup, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
09/05/2018), Ski
descent on Mt Everest exposes loopholes, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 14/05/2018), Govt
allows American climbers to ascend Everest, Lhotse after
illegal ski descent (ht 18/05/2018)
Season’s
first summit on Mt Makalu: Xiao-Dan scales the peak
without oxygen (ht 04/05/2018)
Italian
dies in season’s first casualty on Mt Dhaulagiri (ht
30/04/2018), Italian
mountaineer dies on Mt Dhaulagiri (kp 01/05/2018)
Mt
Lhotse records first summit of the season (ht
30/04/2018)
768
climbers attempting 26 mountains this spring: 34
expedition teams heading to Everest (rep 29/04/2018)
Two
injured as ice collapse hits Mt Everest route (ht
26/04/2018)
15
Nepali women attempting Mt Everest this spring, by
Arpana Ale Magar (rep 25/04/2018)
649
climbing permits issued so far (ht 17/04/2018)
2018
Everest season starts with fresh hopes, dreams, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 11/04/2018)
Icefall
doctors open ‘safest’ Everest route (ht 05/04/2018)
70-year-old
double amputee to scale Everest (ht 04/04/2018)
NASA,
climbers tie up to research on Mt Everest, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 03/04/2018)
Kami
Rita bids for record 22nd ascent of Everest, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 27/03/2018)
700 high altitude workers to get mountaineering
certificate, by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 25/03/2018)
Call
to ease climbing rules for sustainable mountaineering
(ht 24/03/2018)
Court
stays amendment to Everest climbing rules (kp
08/03/2018)
Govt
move to bar double amputees challenged (ht 27/02/2018)
Govt
hints at easing ban for differently-abled climbers (kp
21/01/2018)
Austrian
alpinist’s body still on Mt Lobuche East (ht
12/01/2018)
Royalty
from mountaineering expeditions up 28 percent in 2017,
by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 08/01/2018)
Govt
ban on blind Everest climbers condemned, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 06/01/2018)
Solo
climbers banned from scaling mountains (ht 31/12/2017)
Mt
Everest climbing regulation: Govt comes up with stringent
safety rules, by Sangam Prasain (kp 29/12/2017)
Dolakha’s
Dawa Yangzum becomes country’s first female international
mountain guide, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 28/12/2017)
Double
amputees
to be barred from climbing mountains: Sherpas to get
summit certificates; Lone attempts on Mt Everest to be
banned, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 06/12/2017)
More
Women climbing Nepali mountains, by Arpana Ale Magar
(rep 04/12/2017)
Tourism
Ministry for allowing NMA to collect fees (kp
27/10/2017)
British
climber dies on Mt Manaslu (kp 26/09/2017)
Season’s
first summit on Mt Manaslu (ht 19/09/2017)
NMA,
TAAN join hands to promote unclimbed peaks, by Arpana
Ale Magar (rep 01/08/2017)
Denying
summit certificates an insult to Sherpas, says Norbu
Tenzing Norgay, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 20/07/2017)
455
reach
Mount Everest summit this spring: Govt, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 10/06/2017), 449
climbers
including 190 foreigners scale Mt Everest (ht
12/06/2017), Spring
on
Everest: This spring climbing season on Everest had its
mix of triumphs and tragedies. But controversies and high
drama on the summit has also brought to the limelight lax
regulations and lack of oversight over expeditions being
mounted, by Sangam Prasain (kp 17/06/2017)
Polish
climber
faces deportation (kp 07/06/2017), Nepal
bans
Polish climber over illegal Everest traverse (kp
09/06/2017), Everest
climber
to be deported after illegal Tibet crossing: DoI (ht
15/06/2017)
Sherpa
climber
recounts how they got second lease of life on Mt Everest,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 03/06/2017)
Fraud
at
8,848 metres: Are Everest ascents too easy to fake? As the
numbers heading up Everest have boomed, many are
questioning whether summits need to be validated more
scientifically (kp 02/06/2017)
Oxygen
bottle
theft rampant in high camps of Mt Everest (ht
01/06/2017)
Climbers
risking
their lives to retrieve Everest bodies (kp
31/05/2017), Above
all
things: For Nepal to remain a mountaineering mecca, safety
and spirit of adventure should find a fine balance (kp
31/05/2017)
Everest
cleaning
campaign: French team clears trash (kp 31/05/2017) [Leaving trash on the mountains should
simply not be allowed!], Department of Tourism
pledges to do more for Everest cleanup: French association
recovers 5 tons of waste from Everest (rep 31/05/2017)
Messner
pitches
for alpinism, derides ‘mountain tourism’, by Rajan
Pokhrel (kp 29/05/2017)
Kami
Rita
Sherpa scales Mt Everest 21 times (ht 27/05/2017)
Mount
Everest
is straining under our weight. Time to dump the bucket
list: This deadly season on Everest is a reminder that we
do not own awesome places, whatever names we give them,
by Philip Hoare (kp 27/05/2017)
Lean-burn
Sherpas
fit for Everest: Nepali mountain guides have a physiology
that uses oxygen more efficiently than lowlanders, by
Roland Pease (kp 25/05/2017)
Everest’s
Hillary
Step intact, say Nepali climbers (kp 25/05/2017), Hillary
Step
still there: Tourism Department: The government confirms
that ‘no casualties’ found and no tents with dead bodies
discovered at South Col of Mount Everest (kp
27/05/2017)
Extreme
mission
planned to recover body from Everest, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 23/05/2017), High-altitude
experts
to retrieve body from Everest, by Sangam Prasain (kp
25/05/2017)
Mt
Lhotse
records first successful ascent after three years (ht
17/05/2017)
Gurkhas
kick
off Everest season with summit success, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 16/05/2017), 35
more
climbers scale Mt Everest as summit bids underway (ht
17/05/2017), 52
climbers
on Mt. Everest summit so far this season (kp
21/05/2017), Mt
Everest
claims 4th victim this year: 27-year-old Indian climber
Ravi Kumar goes missing, by Sangam Prasain (kp
22/05/2017), 70
atop
Mt Everest but 2 climbers die (kp 22/05/2017), First
Albanian
woman among 100 scales Mt Everest (ht 23/05/2017), Body
of
missing mountain guide traced (kp 24/05/2017), Polish
climber
illegally ‘traverses Everest’: Ascends from North Col in
Tibet and descends from South Col, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 24/05/2017), Sherpa
scales
Mt Everest 19 times as summit bids underway (ht
24/05/2017), First
male
Limbu scales Sagarmatha (ht 24/05/2017), 4
bodies found inside tent at the highest camp on Everest,
by Gopal Sharma (rep 25/05/2017), ‘Reports
of
four new casualties on Everest are misleading’ (kp
26/05/2017)
Nepali
woman
scales Mt Everest eight times breaking own record, by
Rajan Pokhrel (ht 14/05/2017)
Acclimatise
in
bed, climb Mt Everest in half the time (kp 12/05/2017)
Nine
Sherpas
stand atop Mt Everest from Tibet side (kp 12/05/2017)
Everest
expeditions
likely to be delayed by bad weather, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 11/05/2017)
Solo
climber
sans permit fined $22,000 (kp 09/05/2017), South
African
Everest permit dodger arrested: Ryan Sean Davy, 43, will
appear in court next week to face charges related to his
Everest attempt (kp 18/05/2017), Everest
permit-dodger
released on Rs 1,000 bail (kp 23/05/2017), Everest
permit
dodger let off $22,000 fine (ht 27/05/2017)
Sherchan,
85,
dies on Everest during world record bid: Initial reports
suggest he had a heart attack. He was pronounced dead at
5:14pm on Saturday (kp 07/05/2017)
Sherpas
protest
at Everest base camp, demand summit certificates, by
Rajan Pokhrel (ht 03/05/2017), A
valid case: The government should simplify the process to
ensure that the Sherpa workers are also recognized as part
of the expedition (ht 04/05/2017)
Big
rush:
800 Everest hopefuls waiting for weather window, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 03/05/2017)
Famed
Swiss
alpinist dies in Nuptse bid. by Kumbha Raj Rai (kp
01/05/2017)
3
women arrive at base camp to summit Kanchanjunga, by
Anand Gautam (kp 29/04/2017)
Highest
number
of permits issued for Mt Everest ever: As of Tuesday’s
data, 365 individuals attempting to scale the 8,848-metre
peak (kp 20/04/2017)
Dhaulagiri
base
camp bustling with climbers, by Ghanshyam Khadka (kp
17/04/2017)
Nepal
grants
climbing permit to 729 mountaineers this season (ht
16/04/2017)
Summit
of
Your Dream: It’s about conquering the top of the world and
returning home safely, by Pooja Lakhey (ht 16/04/2017)
Mount
Everest
braces for ‘traffic jam’: About 400 climbers set to
attempt feat this season (kp 16/04/2017), With
more
climbers traffic jam feared (ht 16/04/2017)
Three
women
set out to scale Mt Kanchenjunga (ht 11/04/2017)
Nepal
asks
climbers to clean quake-littered Everest camp (kp
30/03/2017)
First
batch
of spring climbers head to Mount Everest today, by
Rajan Pokhrel (ht 27/03/2017)
Some
Everest
climbers to be strapped with GPS device (kp
21/03/2017)
Sherchan
launches
bid to reclaim oldest Everester record (kp 07/03/2017)
[This is simply stupid and should
not be allowed! It endangerous Sherpas accompanying him!]
3
women to climb Kanchanjunga (kp 27/02/2017)
Makalu
Adventure
fined USD 4,000 for Everest summit fraud: Climbing Sherpas
reveal Indian police couple never reached above 6,000 m,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 26/01/2017)
Spanish
mountaineer
evacuated from Everest (kp 24/01/2017)
Spanish,
French
climbers to climb Everest, Manaslu in style (ht
27/12/2016)
US
explorer’s
‘record’ lands him in soup: Burch liable for action for
flouting mountaineering law (ht 17/11/2016)
Two
Romanians
ascend Mt Peak 5 for first time (kp 10/11/2016)
All
climbers
don’t stand atop Mt Manaslu while ‘successfully’
summitting it, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 19/10/2016)
Sherpa
dies
on Lobuche; Japanese missing on Mt Manaslu, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 15/10/2016)
Give
no
leniency: As per the Tourism Act and mountaineering
regulations a liaison officer assigned for a peak must
stay at the base camp from the beginning to the end of
every expedition (ht 04/10/2016)
Over
150
climbers summit Mt Manaslu in two days, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 02/10/2016)
Himalayas
mistreated:
nstead of conquering sacred mountains, we should be
conquering our social and political ills, by Niranjan
Mani Dixit (kp 14 August 2016)
Govt
sets
new rules for mountaineers (ht 19/07/2016)
Sherpas
denied
summit certificates, by Rajan Pokhrel (kp 15/07/2016)
[Only those who are carried by the
Sherpas to the top get certificates, not the real heroes?]
The
call
of the mountains, by Prateebha Tuladhar (kp
18/06/2016)
Mt
Everest
records 456 south summits, five deaths, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 16/06/2016)
Wind,
snow
hamper search on Everest (kp 26/05/2016)
Over
350
scale Everest, by Sagar Ghimire (rep 23/05/2016)
Australian
and
Dutch climbers die on way back from Everest (kp
22/05/2016)
Lhakpa
Sherpa
breaks own record to climb Everest a seventh time (kp
21/05/2016), Lhakpa
talks
of endurance after scaling Everest seven times, by
Rajan Pokhrel (ht 28/05/2016)
A
crowded day atop Everest as over 150 reach summit (kp
20/05/2016), Over
200
climbers scale Mt Everest (ht 20/05/2016), 202
climbers
atop Mt Everest in a single day (rep 20/05/2016)
88
including
36 foreigners atop Everest in 6 days, by Sagar Ghimire
(rep 17/05/2016)
20
stranded
trekkers rescued: Were descending to Manang after climbing
Mt Saribung in Mustang, by Aash Gurung (kp 15/05/2016)
First
climbers
set foot on top of Everest in 2 years: Open doors for
expeditioners to reach summit after deadly disasters
(kp 12/05/2016), 9
Sherpa become first to summit Everest in three years,
by Sagar Ghimire (rep 12/05/2016), British
climbers
first foreigners to scale Mt Everest in two years, by
Rajan Pokhrel (ht 13/05/2016), 27
climbers
scale Mt Everest (kp 14/05/2016), Three
more
ascend Mount Everest (kp 15/05/2016)
Slovakian
climbers
rescued after 17 hours, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
12/05/2016)
97
mountaineering
teams off to different peaks (kp 10/05/2016), Mountaineers
set
for final push to Everest peak, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
10/05/2016)
Icefall
doctors
secure route up to Camp IV (kp 06/05/2016)
Russian
climber
missing in Nepal’s Himalayas (ht 06/05/2016)
Septuagenarian
Spaniard
oldest mountaineer to scale Mt Annapurna: Thirty climbers
scale world’s 10th highest mountain on a single day in the
first successful summit this spring, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 02/05/2016)
289
climbers
in bid to scale Everest, by Sangam Prasain (kp
01/05/2016)
President
Bhandari
honours mountaineers (ht 01/05/2016)
Four
foreign
climbers dead: Two fell into an icy crevasse, while two
others died of altitude sickness (ht 28/04/2016)
Mt
Everest
climbers move to higher camps, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
27/04/2016)
Despite
disasters,
climbers return to Everest (ht 24/04/2016)
Female
climbers
blaze trails for their gender (ht 18/04/2016)
Icefall
doctors
fix climbing route up to Camp II, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
10/04/2016)
Disasters
don’t
deter Mt Everest climbers, by Sangam Prasain (kp
08/04/2016), 130
complain
of altitude sickness, five evacuated (ht 08/04/2016)
Avalanches
hamper
mountaineers' preparations, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
06/04/2016)
Base
camp
officials to facilitate climbers, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
03/04/2016)
They
die,
we go home, by Mike Chambers (kp 01/04/2016)
Army
personnel
to dominate Mt Everest expeditions this season, by
Rajan Pokhrel (ht 31/03/2016)
Sherchan’s
fresh
bid to be oldest Everesteer, by Anup Ojha (kp
29/03/2016)
Icefall
doctors
report cracks, holes along Everest route, by Kumbha
Raj Rai (kp 25/03/2016) [Next Everest disaster in the waiting?], Mountaineers
set
for spring bid on Mt Everest, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
27/03/2016)
71
climbers
keen to scale Everest, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
21/03/2016)
Icefall
doctors
back to Everest: Leave for base camp to fix route for the
upcoming climbing season; Climbing expeditions have been
disrupted for two years because of avalanches and
inclement weather (kp 28/02/2016), ‘Ice
doctors’
return to Everest for spring (ht 29/02/2016)
Everest
permits
to be extended, by Sangam Prasain (kp 20/02/2016), Govt
extends
2015 spring climbing permits by two years, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 01/03/2016), 2015
Everest
permits extended for two years, by Sangam Prasain (kp
02/03/2016)
Proposal
to
extend validity of climbing permits stuck in finance
ministry, by Kriti Bhuju (rep 08/02/2016)
Permit
extension
to benefit 801 climbers, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
14/01/2016)
Apex
court
rulkes in favour of NMA: Allows it to issue climbing
permits for 33 mountains (ht 04/01/2016)
Climbers
face
ruin after quake, blockade hit Everest industry (kp
21/12/2015)
NMA
monopoly
on climbing permits ended, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
17/10/2015)
Austrian
mountaineer
dies of altitude sickness (ht 04/10/2015)
Tabei
worried
about growing footfalls, by Sangam Prasain (kp
23/09/2015)
Climbers
return
to Manaslu, by Sudip Kaini (kp 18/09/2015)
Profiting
from
tragedy: Expedition operators are using the avalanche
tragedies on Everest to extort climbers, by Damien
Francois (nt 18/09/2015)
French
army
team to scale Annapurna peaks (ht 12/09/2015)
Over
100
climbers attempting to scale Mount Manaslu: 36 teams get
permits to ascend Nepali peaks, by Rajan Pokhrel (kp
08/09/2015)
Icefall
doctors
at base camp to fix Everest route for autumn: Two Japanese
climbers to attempt to scale the world’s highest mountain
in the new season, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 18/08/2015)
Petition
for
stay order against NMA dumped (kp 04/08/2015)
NMA
slams
writ against its royalty collection rights (kp
28/07/2015)
NMA
pledges
to do the needful to revive mountain tourism (ht
25/07/2015)
Mountaineering
experts
suggest ‘safety council’ (kp 18/07/2015)
Govt
to
seek assurances Everest is safe post-quakes (ht
12/06/2015)
Govt
‘positive’
on extending permits (kp 30/05/2015), Govt
may
extend Everest climbing permits (ht 30/05/2015)
Everest
draws
a blank after four decades of climbing, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 29/05/2015)
After
two
disasters on Everest, Sherpas worry about future (ht
10/05/2015)
Cleaning
instead
of climbing: A multinational group of climbers decided
that even if they couldn’t climb Everest, they would clean
it up, by Damien Francois
Govt
shuts
Everest for this season; Impossible to fix route above
base camp: Icefall doctors (ht 04/05/2015), Everest
expeditions
called off this year too, by Sangam Prasain (kp
06/05/2015), Govt
urged
to extend climbing permits till ’16 (ht 06/05/2015)
Everest
expeditions
to resume within a week after deadly tremor, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 30/04/2015) [?????????????]
Mountaineers
move
to Camp 2; 53 liaison officers yet to reach Everest Base
Camp, by Rajan Pokhrel (kp 24/04/2015), Youngest
and
the oldest climbers (ht 24/04/2015), First
rescue
above Camp 1 (ht 24/04/2015)
Because
it
is there: The lesson from the Everest tragedy is to spread
the benefits of mountaineering to other areas of Nepal and
ensure that mountaineering fees go for the welfare of high
altitude workers (nt 24/04/2015)
83-year-old
to
scale Everest for 2nd time (kp 23/04/2015), Sherchan,
84,
leaving for Lukla tomorrow: Is in bid to reclaim the
record of oldest person to climb Mt Everest (ht
23/04/2015)
Avalanche
victims
remembered: Everest climbing halted due to bad weather,
by Khumbaraj Rai (kp 19/04/2015)
Welfare
fund
for trekking, mountaineering workers (kp 19/04/2015),
Govt
to
set up welfare fund for trekking workers (ht
19/04/2015)
Everest
expeditions
want choppers to ferry gear to Camp 1, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 19/04/2015)
Safe
journey:
Precautions must be taken so that this climbing season
remains disaster free (kp 17/04/2015)
Record
number
of climbers likely to make Everest bid, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 14/04/2015), Snowfall
affects
climbing in Everest region, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
14/04/2015), Bad
weather
confines mountaineers in tents, by Sangam Prasain and
Pragati Shah (16/04/2015)
Malaysian
national
missing in Annapurna area for 13 days (ht 13/04/2015)
Icefall
doctors
fix new route: 109 climbers renew their 2014 permits to
scale world’s highest peak, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
10/04/2015)
Scores
of
mountaineers taken ill: 15 evacuated from Everest
region,150-plus get treatment, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
08/04/2015), Scaling
Mt
Everest this season? Before the expedition know how to
deal with High Altitude Illnesses, by Ritesh Goel (ht
12/04/2015)
Spring
climbing
kick-starts in style, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 05/04/2015)
Finnish,
Nepali
climbers killed while descending from Annapurna (ht
26/03/2015)
Work
begins
to establish safer route up Everest, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 24/03/2015)
Aspiring
Everesters
permitted to make another attempt, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 20/03/2015), Govt
extends
individual
mountaineering permits, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
20/03/2015), Individual
Everest
permits also extended for 5 years, by Kriti Bhuju (rep
20/03/2015)
Individual
permit
extension awaiting Cabinet approval, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 15/03/2015)
Italian
mountaineers
put off bid to scale Mount Manaslu (ht 08/03/2015)
Aftershocks
of
the Everest avalanche: Big drop in Everest bookings this
spring affects the livelihood of high-altitude Nepali
guides, by Om Astha Rai (nt 27/02/2015)
Govt
indecision
hits spring tourism: Only two climbing applications filed
for the season, none for Everest, Lhotse or Nuptse (ht
16/02/2015)
Autumn
season
records only 20 per cent successful summits Of the 42
mountains permitted for climbing,only 242 mountaineers
summited 16 peaks, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 06/02/2015)
Budget
climbing
on its way out, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 01/02/2015)
Minister
adds
to confusion over climbing permits, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 14/01/2015)
Seven
Summits
Women Team arriving home (ht 09/01/2015)
Mount
Everest
climbing season faces uncertainty of Himalayan proportions,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 08/01/2015) |