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65 years after the first summit: Why Mt Makalu has seen just around 500 summiteers?
May 16, 2020 13:19 pm
ITAHARI, May 16: Some 65 years ago, on May 15, French mountaineer duo Jean Couzy and Lionel Terry co-created the history of scaling the summit of Mt Makalu (8463m). Today marks the historic summit on the fifth tallest peak of the planet.
Nirmal Purja successfully summits Nanga Parbat
July 8, 2019 04:30 am
KATHMANDU, July 8: Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja who is in a mission to scale 14 mountains above 8000 meters in seven months, successfully scaled the Nanga Parbat in Pakistan on Sunday.
Journo Maharjan sets record climbing Everest from both sides
May 25, 2019 21:16 pm
KATHMANDU, May 25: Journalist and mountaineer Kalpana Maharjan has become the first woman journalist to climb the world’s highest peak Mount Everest from both the north and the south sides.
Weeping relatives receive bodies of South Korean climbers
October 17, 2018 13:13 pm
SEOUL, Oct 17: Relatives dressed in black funeral suits wept in grief on Wednesday as the bodies of five South Korean mountain climbers arrived home from Nepal where they had died in a storm last week.
Avalanche kills eight mountaineers in Myagdi
October 13, 2018 09:55 am
KATHMANDU, Oct 13: Eight of the nine mountaineers who were caught in an avalanche have been killed.
Veteran mountaineer Kamirita calls for providing social security to Sherpa climbers
June 23, 2018 14:53 pm
KATHMANDU, June 23: Among tough resolutions of those enjoying adventurous life, climbing Mount Everest and setting a record may be one.
Italian mountaineer dies on Mt Dhaulagiri
May 1, 2018 08:15 am
KATHMANDU, May 1: Italian mountaineer Simone La Terra, 37, died while climbing Mt Dhaulagiri (8137m), officials said on Monday. This is the first fatality of the busy spring season.
Italian mountaineer dies on Mt Dhaulagiri
May 1, 2018 07:50 am
KATHMANDU, May 1: Italian mountaineer Simone La Terra, 37, died while climbing Mt Dhaulagiri (8137m), officials said on Monday. This is the first fatality of the busy spring season.
Mountaineer Sanjay Pandit dies
June 19, 2017 10:10 am
REPUBLICA, June 19: Nepali mountaineer and ultra runner Sanjay Pandit died during climbing the mountain Denali Mountain in Alaska of United States of America (USA) on Sunday.
Ultra-runner and mountaineer Pandit dies in USA
June 18, 2017 20:38 pm
TEXAS, June 18: Ultra-runner and mountaineer Sanjay Pandit died in the Mount Denali National Park in the USA. Nepali embassy in Washington D.C. has confirmed that Pandit was descending Denali, the highest mountain of the North America.
Octogenarian mountaineer Sherchan passes away at Everest Base Camp
May 6, 2017 18:28 pm
KATHMANDU, May 6: Min Bahadur Sherchan, the oldest mountaineer of Nepal, has passed away while climbing Mt. Everest on Saturday afternoon.
Former Kumari Bajracharya, mountaineer Sherpa in 'BBC 100 Women 2016' list
November 21, 2016 11:28 am
KATHMANDU, Nov 21: Former Kumari, the living goddess, Chanira Bajracharya and mountaineer Lhakpa Sherpa have made it to the list of 'BBC 100 Women 2016'.
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