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Nepal marks 73rd Everest Day with awards, procession, and NMA's call to protect mountaineering rights
29 May 2026Nepal on Friday is celebrating the 73rd International Sagarmatha Day with a procession through the heart of Kathmandu, a formal felicitation ceremony honouring record-breaking climbers and mountaineering contributors, and a pointed call from the Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) to Parliament to preserve the body's statutory rights in new tourism legislation.
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ClimbingGabriel Middleton, 17, becomes youngest Briton to summit Everest
29 May 2026A 17-year-old British climber has become the youngest national of his country to summit Mount Everest from the South Side, according to expedition operator Elite Exped.
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Travel & LeisureSri Lanka introduces free tourist visa for Nepali nationals
28 May 2026Nepali nationals travelling to Sri Lanka for tourism can now obtain a free 30-day double-entry Tourist Visa,
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ClimbingStripes at Everest summit: How IFMGA guide Pasang Kidar has pinned a Gurkha’s new rank to Rgr Rana on top of the world
28 May 2026May 23 wasn’t just another summit day on Mount Everest. For a Gurkha rifleman of the UK’s special forces, and for the legendary Sherpa guide who pinned a new rank on his jacket at 8,848 metres, it became a moment of history—chilling winds, thin air, and a promotion no soldier will ever forget.
