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Mt Everest climber Xuebin Chen dies during oxygen replacement
May 19, 2023 19:39 pm
KATHMANDU, May 19: A Chinese climber has lost his life while climbing Mount Everest. Fifty-two-year-old Xuebin Chen is among the deceased.
Kami Rita summits Mt Everest for the 27th time
May 17, 2023 12:10 pm
KATHMANDU May 17: Record-setting climber Kami Rita Sherpa has made it to the top of Mt. Everest for the 27th time.
Body of US climber found two years after death in the Everest
May 24, 2021 16:45 pm
The body of an American national who died two years ago in the Everest region has been found on Saturday. According to the police, the deceased has been identified as Christopher John Kulis, who died during his descent from the summit of Mt Everest on May 27, 2019.
Nepal's mountaineering legend Ang Rita Sherpa passes away
September 21, 2020 12:48 pm
KATHMANDU, Sept 21: Ang Rita Sherpa -- popularly known as 'Himchituwa' (snow leopard) for his 10 Everest ascents without supplemental oxygen -- passed away at 10 am on Monday in Kathmandu. He was 72.
The art of perseverance
May 31, 2019 10:42 am
Lhakpa Phuti Sherpa was born in 1964 in Mushey village of Solukhumbu district, Nepal. As a child she would see tourists pass through her village in order to climb various mountains and she had always been fascinated by their motivation to take up such a daunting challenge.
Frostbite victim Everest climber Jirel may lose fingertips
May 29, 2019 03:00 am
KATHMANDU, May 29: At around 9:50 am of 23rd May, Lal Bahadur Jirel scaled Mt Everest. Little did he know then that scaling the highest mountain would cost him more than his inner strength and mettle.
Yet another climber dies on Everest
May 28, 2019 07:45 am
KATHMANDU, May 28: The death toll on Everest on the Nepal side this season has reached nine with the demise of an American climber at South Col on Monday evening.
Over 120 climbers heading to Everest today as weather improves
May 21, 2019 07:45 am
KATHMANDU, May 21: More than 120 climbers are heading toward the peak of Mt Everest as the second summit window opened on Monday.
One more climber dies on Everest
May 22, 2018 15:50 pm
KATHMANDU, May 22: Mountaineer Damai Sarki Sherpa died last night during descent after reaching the top of the Mount Everest.
Each Everest climber brings 8 kg waste during descent
May 18, 2018 07:25 am
SOLUKHUMBU, May 18: In a bid to manage the waste materials dumped by climbers in the Everest region, the government has made it mandatory for each climber to collect and bring back with them at least eight kg of waste to the Everest Base Camp.
Japanese climber dies of altitude sickness
May 7, 2018 09:47 am
BIRATNAGAR, May 7: Kuga Takahiro, 42, a Japanese national died of altitude sickness in Solukhumbu on Sunday.
American climber dies on Everest, Indian national still unaccounted for
May 22, 2017 08:41 am
SOLUKHUMBU, May 22: An American climber has died on his way to the summit of Mt Everest, the world's highest mountain.
American climber dies on Everest, Indian missing
May 21, 2017 20:03 pm
KATHMANDU, May 21: An American climber on Mount Everest died on Sunday, officials said, the third death on the world's highest mountain in the past month and raising safety concerns for climbers.
Body of octogenarian climber Sherchan airlifted to Kathmandu for posmortem
May 7, 2017 12:40 pm
SALLERI (SOLUKHUMBU), May 7: The body of Min Bahadur Sherchan, 86, who died in Sagarmatha base camp on Saturday evening has been taken to Kathmandu for postmortem.
Family holds funeral for Swiss climber Ueli Steck in Nepal
May 5, 2017 09:15 am
GENEVA, May 5: The family of famed Swiss climber Ueli Steck has held a funeral ceremony in Nepal following his death in a still-unexplained mountaineering accident near Mount Everest.
Acclaimed Swiss climber dies near Everest
May 1, 2017 07:23 am
KATHMANDU, April 30:Swiss climber Ueli Steck famed for his relentless mountaineering feats perished near Mt Everest during a mountaineering accident early morning on Sunday. He was 40.
Acclaimed Swiss climber dies on Everest
May 1, 2017 00:50 am
KATHMANDU, May 1: Swiss climber Ueli Steck famed for his relentless mountaineering feats perished on Everest during a mountaineering accident early morning on Sunday. He was 40.
Famed Swiss climber Ueli Steck killed near Mount Everest
April 30, 2017 15:06 pm
KATHMANDU, April 30: Expedition organizers say famed Swiss climber Ueli Steck was killed in a mountaineering accident near Mount Everest in Nepal.
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