Here is a brief profile of renowned climbers who put their lives at risk while retrieving the bodies of climbers from the treacherous slopes of Broad Peak on August 5.
A helicopter is set to fly to Yalung Ri peak in the Rolwaling Valley in a couple of hours today to collect mortal remains from the area where a massive avalanche struck a team of international climbers last year.
Nirmal “Nimsdai” Purja, the Nepal-born mountaineer who compressed the challenge of climbing all 14 of the world’s 8,000-metre peaks from years into months and helped place Nepali climbers at the centre of global mountaineering, died in an avalanche on Broad Peak in Pakistan on July 30. He was 43.
A recovery team led by Phurba Tenjing Sherpa, Managing Director of Dreamers Destination Treks, reached Lamabagar in Dolakha with two helicopters on Friday morning, but adverse weather prevented the aircraft from flying onward to Yalung Ri base camp to recover mortal remains spotted at the avalanche site.
A recovery team led by renowned climber Phurba Tenzing Sherpa today successfully retrieved five bodies of climbers who went missing in an avalanche on Yalung Ri peak nine months ago.
French-Canadian adventurer Stephane Champoussin has completed the full length of Nepal’s Great Himalayan Trail (GHT) in 143 days, crossing some of the country’s most challenging high-altitude terrain and remote settlements.
The first-look poster and official teaser of ‘Road To Everest’, a new documentary tracing a real-life journey from sea level to the summit of Mount Everest, have been released ahead of its Nepal premiere later this month.
The mortal remains of three more Nepali climbers killed in the Broad Peak avalanche in Pakistan have been brought home, nearly two weeks after the disaster that claimed the lives of 10 climbers, including six Nepalis.
Japanese Ambassador to Nepal Maeda Toru paid tribute to the 10 climbers who lost their lives in the recent Broad Peak avalanche, marking Japan's Mountain Day with a message highlighting the shared mountain and mountaineering traditions of Japan and Nepal.