A team of strong climbers has successfully recovered a body of Czech alpinist who died at 7,300 m on Mt Makalu II, popularly known as Kangchung Tse, while attempting to scale the mountain in an alpine style.
An American woman climber died in an avalanche that struck the Makalu climbing route, while a Sherpa climber was injured in the incident, officials confirmed.
The body of American climber Shelley Johannesen, who died in an avalanche on Mt. Makalu during her descent on Sunday, has been recovered and brought to Kathmandu for post-mortem, officials said.
The Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) has been honoured with the PATA Long Standing Membership Award, recognising its 60 years of association and contribution to the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA).
The government has unveiled a sweeping tourism-focused agenda in its annual policy and programme for fiscal year 2083/84, presented by President Ramchandra Paudel at a joint session of the Federal Parliament on Monday
Polish alpinist Bartosz Kacper Ziemski successfully made a ski descent from Mt. Lhotse after becoming the first person this season to summit the world’s fourth-highest mountain this afternoon.
The Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) on Tuesday paid tribute to Bijay Ghimire Biswakarma, the first person from Nepal's Dalit community to summit Mt. Everest, whose mortal remains were kept at the NMA premises from 12:30 pm to 1:00 pm to allow the public to pay their final respects to the pioneering climber.
A joint team of expedition operators has been making steady progress in fixing the summit route on Mt Everest as they plan to stand atop the roof of the world on May 13, said expedition officials.