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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