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Makalu Lakpa completes four of seven summits
19 October 2025A record-holding Sherpa climber from Makalu of Sankhuwasabha district scaled Carstensz Pyramid on the island of New Guinea this morning as he aims to complete all seven summits.
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Travel & LeisureSummit Air’s negligence leaves Swiss tourists high and dry in Dolpa
17 October 2025A severe operational failure by Summit Air and ticketing travel agent have plunged a group of international tourists from the remote Dolpo region into a high-risk emergency transit situation, forcing the group to risk violating local transport laws and potentially missing their international flights home.
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ClimbingJim Morrison skis down Everest’s North Face — a dream decades in the making
16 October 2025In a stunning display of courage and precision, American mountaineer and professional skier Jim Morrison has made the first-ever ski descent of Mount Everest’s North Face, carving his way down the fabled Hornbein Couloir, a line so steep and direct that it had eluded every skier for six decades.
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ClimbingKancha Sherpa, last survivor of historic 1953 Everest Expedition, dies at 92
16 October 2025Kancha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the historic 1953 expedition that first conquered Mount Everest, died today. He was 92.
