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Tony Schiena scales Mt Everest
Kathmandu: Chief of Multi Operational Security Agency Intelligence Company (MOSAIC) Tony Schiena has scaled Mt Everest this morning. According to sources at the Seven Summit Treks, the MOSAIC chief reached atop Everest at around 10 am on Wednesday. Other climbers along with Tony who reached the top of Everest included…
Read More »Nima Rinji sets new world record by scaling Everest and Lhotse
Kathmandu: A native of Sangkhuwasabha, Nima Rinji Sherpa (17 years) set a new world record for successfully scaling Mt Everest and Mt Lhotse this morning at around 11:50 am after scaling Mt Everest at spring 2:30 am today according to officials of the Department of Tourism. The youngest Sherpa climber…
Read More »Tamang climbs Europe’s Mt Elbrus 121 times
Kathmandu: Nepal’s mountaineer Chatur Tamang has created an astounding feat by climbing the highest mountain in Europe-Mt Elbrus 121 times. Tamang also expressed his hope to climb this mountain 140 times by next August. The height of this prominent mountain of Europe is 5,642 meters and Tamang climbed this mountain…
Read More »500 atop Mount Everest
Kathmandu: Around 500 people have successfully climbed the highest mountain in the world, the Mount Everest or Sagarmatha. During the current spring, five hundred mountaineers and guides have scaled Mt Sagarmatha, according to the Department of Tourism. Until today around 500 people have climbed Mount Everest. A total of 478…
Read More »Everest deaths reach 10 and 2 still missing
Kathmandu: Reports trickling in from the Everest base camps say that at least 10 climbers have breathed their last in the Everest region while two climbers are still missing in this spring season 2023. Chinese climber Xuebin Chen died up on the mountain near the South Summit, while Indian national…
Read More »325 climbers scale Everest this spring season
According to the Nepal government’s Department of Tourism, at least 478 climbers from 65 countries took the Everest climbing permits. On Wednesday only 175 climbers scaled the Everest, though details are still trickling in. This spring season has seen the highest record of the increased number of climbers for Everest…
Read More »Hari Budha Magar: A double amputee above knee scales Everest, creates world record
Kathmandu: Hari Buddha Magar, a veteran British Gurkha soldier with a double amputee above the knee has created a stunning world record history by scaling the world’s highest peak-Mt Everest on Friday (May 19) in the afternoon. He has also became the first double amputee to complete tandem skydives in…
Read More »Nepal to observe 2080 BS as Nepal Tourism Decade and 2025 AD as special tourism year
Kathmandu: Nepal government’s new fiscal year programs and policies made public on Friday (today) divulged that the English year 2025 will be observed as the special tourism year, while the Nepali year 2080 BS will be celebrated as the Nepal Tourism Decade. President Ram Chandra Poudel while addressing the parliament…
Read More »Chinese climber Xuebin Chen dies during oxygen replacement
An elderly Chinese national (52 ) is among the deceased ones while climbing the highest peak in the world, according to Lakpa Sherpa, director of the 8K Expedition Agency. Sherpa informed that Xuebin died in the South Summit area at 8,000 meters above the 8K International Everest Expedition Team ‘B’…
Read More »Eastern Nepal’s five star hotel comes into operation
Kathmandu: The Soaltee Hotel brand has brought its first five-star hotel into operation under the name of Soaltee Westend Itahari in Eastern Nepal. The operation of the first five-star hotel at Itahari has given an optimistic message to all tourism operators of this region at a time when tourism is…
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