Nirmal Purja becomes world’s fastest climber after scaling 14 highest peaks
In May Nirmal Purja reached the top of Mount Everest. Photo credit: Bermont Possible Project, AFP Nepali man shatters speed
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Nepal sets new rules for Everest climbers after deadly season
Permit will depend on climbers having ascended at least one 6,500-metre Nepalese peak Also see: https://news.yahoo.com/nepal-may-implement-safety-measures-172348951.html All climbers seeking a
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Nepali climber scales Pakistan’s highest peaks in 23 days
He plans to climb remaining three peaks of above 8,000 meters in next four months to break previous world record
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Mountaineering: Eyes on Everest
Madeeha Syed It’s only just the start of the summer mountaineering season in the Himalayas and the Karakoram and already
Read MoreFatal debacle on overcrowded Everest continues
American climber died Monday on the descent from the summit of Mount Everest, bringing to nine the number of dead
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Climate change threatening millions in the Hindu Kush Himalaya region: report
Over 200 scientists collaborated on a report that forecasts a hot future for the high mountains of Asia. Two-degree temperature
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Dodging Avalanches, Simone Moro abandons Manaslu
Angela Benavides Simone Moro and Pemba Gelje Sherpa have been evacuated from Manaslu. The massive snowfall of previous days has
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Nepal welcomes record number of tourists in 2018
KATHMANDU Tourist arrivals in Nepal topped one million for the first time in 2018 — boosted by increased visitors from
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Synergizing efforts to move forward a sustainable energy agenda
HAH Report Kathmandu: A centre of excellence on Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) was launched on Tuesday (Nov 13) at
Read MoreTwenty-five years of conserving biodiversity in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya regions
Janita Gurung & Pradyumna J.B. Rana Twenty-five years after the ratification of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), we have seen many
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