Norwegian climber hopes to become world’s fastest to all 14 tallest peaks
By Gopal Sharma
-A Norwegian woman climbed Mount Manaslu in Nepal on Saturday, her ninth highest mountain in 45 days, a hiking official said and was on track to become the ...
Search resumes for four people missing in Nepal after deadly air crash
Rescuers resumed searching on Monday in Nepal for four people still missing after the Himalayan nation’s deadliest plane crash in 30 years, officials said.
Rescuers had recovered 68 bodies out of ...
At least 40 killed in Nepal air crash
At least 40 people were killed on Sunday when an aircraft of domestic carrier Yeti Airlines crashed in Pokhara in Nepal, a Nepal aviation authority official said.
“Rescue operations are on,” ...
Nepal’s ‘fierce’ ex-guerrilla chief becomes new prime minister
A former Maoist guerrilla who led a decade-long insurgency against Nepal’s Hindu monarchy was on Sunday appointed prime minister for a third time, in alliance with the main opposition ...
Sherpa says mountain goddess warned him from 26th Everest ascent
A Nepali Sherpa, who has climbed Mount Everest a record 25 times, said on Tuesday he had a dream in which a “mountain goddess” warned him from making another ascent this ...