An Indian climber and a Sherpa mountain guide were injured on Tuesday morning after a serac collapse brought down ice onto the trail through the Khumbu Icefall on the Everest climbing route, according to the Department of Tourism's temporary field office at Everest Base Camp.
Nepal's trekking sector has begun its spring round of professional guide training, with 179 participants, including 38 women, enrolled in programmes that kicked off at the Nepal Academy of Tourism, Hospitality and Mountaineering (NATHM) in Rabibhawan, Kathmandu on Monday.
A climber from the Czech Republic died while attempting to scale Mt Makalu II, also known as Kangchung Tse, in Sankhuwasabha district, expedition officials said.
The route to Camp III on Mt Everest and Mt Lhotse has been fixed, with the joint rope-fixing team under the Expedition Operators Association Nepal (EOAN) pressing ahead toward Camp IV as the spring season's summit push comes into view.
The joint rope-fixing team on Mt Everest made further progress on Tuesday, laying fixed ropes approximately 350 metres above Camp III, with the South Col now expected to be reached by May 7 or 8.
A two-member climbing team supported by 14 Peaks Expedition reached the summit of Mt Makalu (8,485m), the world's fifth highest peak, on Tuesday at 5:05 pm NST — completing an unusually timed ascent that saw the team push from Camp III in the early morning and top out in the late evening.
Foreign tourist arrivals to Mustang surged in the first four months of 2026, with 83,149 visitors recorded between January and April — a rise of more than 31,000 compared to the 51,896 who visited during the same period in 2025, according to the Annapurna Conservation Area Project office in Jomsom.
The Department of Immigration has warned trekking agencies against taking foreign trekkers into restricted areas without valid trekking permits, cautioning that both agencies and trekkers found in violation could face legal action under the prevailing Immigration Act.
The Korean Alpine Federation team received a warm welcome in Kathmandu upon their arrival from the Kanchenjunga region after making a historic first ascent of Sat Peak this evening.