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)
NNMGA
produces
international guides (ht 31/12/2014)
Nepali
women
scale seven highest peaks (kp 26/12/2014)
The
long
game: Mt Everest is a license to print money for Nepal’s
economy, but it needs honour and trust, by Ted
Atkins (nt 12/12/2014)
Early
warning
system to alert spring climbers: Focuses on immediate,
short and long term impacts of weather events (ht
11/12/2014)
HIV-infected
Gopal
Shrestha in bid to conquer Everest in April (ht
09/12/2014)
Balloon
trip
over Everest for $2.61m? (ht 06/12/2014)
Individual
permit
extension on cards, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 20711/2014)
'Freak
weather
patterns making climbing hard': A team that successfully
summitted Mt Baruntse in early November shares
experiences (ht 15/11/2014)
Govt
extends
group permits by five years: If any member of an
expedition scales Mt Everest,permits of others
automatically become invalid, by Rajan Pokhrel (kp
12/11/2014)
Autumn
climbing
death toll 12, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 05/11/2014)
First
death
on Manaslu this season, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
28/09/2014)
Internet
now
at Annapurna Base Camp, by Santosh Pokharel (rep
21/09/2014)
More
than
300 climbers in bid toattempt mountains this autumn
Extreme cold and high winds keep mountaineers awayfrom
most peaks that stand above 8,000 metres, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 14/09/2014)
Sherpas',
guides’
insurance hiked (ht 09/08/2014), Insurance
coverage
for guides hiked (kp 10/08/2014)
Everest
avalanche
victims still await relief, by Rajan Pokharel (ht
26/07/2014)
Moving
mountains:
Sherpa climbers need to get organised if they want
themselves to be heard, by Navin Singh Khadka (kp
27/06/2014)
Sherpas
drifting
away from mountaineering: April 18 disaster on the
treacherous Khumbu Icefall on Everest has left most of
them shaken (ht 21/06/2014)
Discussions
held
on Nepal’s mountaineering (ht 14/06/2014)
The
saddest
season, by Prateebha Tuladhar (kp 31/05/2014)
Everest’s
orphans:
n the absence of a strong welfare system, there is a
need to address families where the breadwinner is lost,
by Helen Sherpa (kp 29/05/2014)
Pvt
sector
to mark Everest Day despite govt postponement (kp
27/05/2014), Private
sector
marks Int’l Everest Day amid government no-show, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 30/05/2014), Everest
Day
marked despite government demur (rep 30/05/2014), Private
sector
celebrates Int'l Everest Day amid govt postponement
(rep 30/05/2014), The
Everest
principle: On Everest Day, the world expected Nepal to
explain what went wrong on April 18, not shy away from
it (kp 02/06/2014)
Wang
Jing
first to summit Mount Everest this year (ht
24/05/2014), Wang
claims
she cleared Icefall route on foot; govt begins probe:
THT meets pilot who says he flew her during her ascent
and while she was returning from Everest, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 28/05/2014)
2
Nepalis among 3 dead on Kanchenjunga, by Khagendra
Adhikari (rep 23/05/2014)
Govt
opens
104 new peaks, including an eight-thousander (kp
22/05/2014)
Mountaineers’
share
in littering Everest on rise, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
21/05/2014)
Just
cause:
While Sherpa climbing guides are often perceived as
Himalayan rock stars in reality they have little voice
or governmental representation, by Pema Sherpa (rep
19/05/2014)
Two
women
in bid to scale Everest, Lhotse, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 10/05/2014), Chopper
ride
sans permission? (ht 10/05/2014), More
keen
to conquer Everest, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
12/05/2014), Call
to
furnish details of copter uses in
Everest region within three days (ht 13/05/2014), Italian
pilot
pays price for airlifting Wang: Removed from Fishtail
Air’s roster on CAAN’s directive, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 03/07/2014)
Expedition
operators
issue threat, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 05/05/2014)
Race
to
the top: Developing mountaineering as a competitive
sport could be a unique way to promote prosperity on the
mountains, by Saroj Dhakal (kp 30/04/2014), Everest’s
ever-rest:
The tragedy-led pause on mountaineering can be an
opportunity to better manage things on the mountain,
by Navin Singh Khadka (kp 02/05/2014), Mountaineers
eye
other peaks after Everest bid shattered (ht
02/05/2014), The
Everest
spring season is over, by Matt Miller (nt
02/05/2014)
The
Sherpas’
guide to ethical behaviour: The pressure for change,
by Curtis S. Chin and Dhamey Tenzing Norgay (ht
29/04/2014)
All
bids
to summit world’s highest peak abandoned after tragedy:
Around 300 climbers from 65 expeditions gear up to
summit 28 mountains including seven above 8,000-metre
peaks, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 27/04/2014)
Validity
of
permits to scale Everest extended for five years, by
Rajan Pokhrel (ht 25/04/2014)
Sherpa
climbers
are in life-and-death battle all the time, interview
with Appa Sherpa (rep 24/04/2014)
Everest
avalanche:
Is climate change to blame?, by Katy Daigle (kp
24/04/2014)
‘Govt
to
probe pay disparity’: Nepali mountain guides risk their
lives to provide indispensable services for paltry wages
(kp 24/04/2014)
The
tragedy
on Everest should serve as a lesson to make the mountain
safer for local climbing guides, by Ngawang Karsang
Sherpa (kp 23/04/2014)
Victims
of
Everest avalanche identified as death toll rises to 12
(nn 18/04/2014), 15
killed
in deadliest Everest avalanche, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 19/04/2014), 12
dead,
6 injured, 4 missing in Everest avalanche, by
Kriti Bhuju and Bhanubhakta Niraula (rep 19/04/2014), Another
body
pulled
out of Everest mess (kp 20/04/2014), Everest
toll
reaches 13; three still missing (ht 20/04/2014), Avalanche
exacts
toll in personal tragedies, by Kamal Pariyar (rep
20/04/2014), Mingma
warns
mountaineering could lose Sherpa support (ht
20/04/2014),
Survivors
recall
chaos, fear in Friday’s Everest avalanche, by
Binaj Gurubacharya (kp 21/04/2014), Search
aborted;
spring climbs uncertain, by Sangam Prasain (kp
21/04/2014), Everest
expeditions
uncertain: Sherpas threaten to call them off if
demands not met in a week, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
21/04/2014), Give
thoughts
to them (ht 21/04/2014), After
Everest
tragedy, all expeditions called off: Climbers declare
2014 'black year' after 13 deaths, 3 disappearances,
by Bhanubhakta Niraula (rep 21/04/2014), After
Everest
Disaster, Sherpas Contemplate Strike, by Ellen
Barry and Graham Bowley (New York Times 21/04/2014), NRN
Association
to provide Rs 1 million to each dead of Mt. Everest
avalanche (nn 21/04/2014), Shaken
survivor
calls it quits, by Weena Pun (kp 22/04/2014), Taskforce
to
address guides’ demands (kp 22/04/2014), Disposable
heroes:
Insurance for high altitude Sirdars must cover
injuries and accidents (kp 22/04/2014), Govt
has
mountain to climb with Everest season in limbo: Forms
task force to study the demands of mountaineering
support staff and guides and come up with
recommendations, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 22/04/2014),
Wait
and
watch mode (ht 22/04/2014), Discovery
cancels
wing-suit dive (ht 22/04/2014), Sherpa
Guides
Bear Much of Risk in Everest Climbs, by Krishna
Pokharel (Wall Street Journal 22/04/2014), Taskforce
to
address Sherpa demands promptly: Threat of boycott
against Everest season (rep 22/04/2014), Avalanche-missing
kin
agonize over lack of news, by Kamal Pariyar (rep
22/04/2014), Ascent
on
Mt Everest to go on (nn 22/04/2014), Sherpas
consider
boycott after Everest disaster (nn 22/04/2014),
Govt
addresses
major demands: Guides not sure whether to take govt
offer or quit job, by Sangam Prasain (kp
23/04/2014), Everest
climbing
remains stalled, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 23/04/2014),
After
Everest
tragedy, Sherpas face stark choices, by Om Astha
Rai (rep 23/04/2014), Everest
tragedy:
Heal Sherpas' wounds (rep 23/04/2014), Govt
team
to address Himalayan dilemma : inister flying to base
camp to convince support staff, guides to resume
climbing, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 24/04/2014), No
ride
on Mt. Everest this year, Sherpa guides tell Tourism
Minister (nn 24/04/2014)
Mountaineers
throng
Everest with onset of spring summit season (ht
13/04/2014), Snowfall
hits
Everest climbing activities
Many mountaineers complaining of ailments just as season
starts, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 16/04/2014)
Climbers
to
be required to take along local guide, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 27/03/2014)
Govt
plans
to lease out Himalayan peaks, by Sangam Prasain (kp
11/03/2014)
Litterbugs
not
welcome in world’s highest peak (kp 05/03/2014), Nepal
says
litterbugs no longer welcome on Everest (ht 05/03/2014),
Moving
mountains:
The idea of regulating and facilitating Everest expedition
teams from the base camp should not die, by Navin Singh
Khadka (kp 07/03/2014)
Mt
Everest
security to be tightened (ht 22/02/2014)
Ang
Tshering,
Nima Nuru vie NMA presidency (rep 17/02/2014)
Govt
slashes
mountaineering fee to attract more climbers (kp
13/02/2014), Govt
unveils
new mountaineering royalty fee structure, by Kriti Bhuju
(rep 13/02/2014), Govt
okays
guideline on mountaineering royalty (kp 20/02/2014)
Mountaineering
revenue
dips 7.35 per cent: Permission sought to scale only 57 of
326 peaks above 6,000m (ht 24/01/2014)
Govt
to
prepare profile of 326 peaks, by Kriti Bhuju (rep
02/01/2014)
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