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A group of climbers today scaled the worlds tenth highest peak making the seasons first successful summit of the peak above 8000m.
A group of climbers today scaled the worlds tenth highest peak making the seasons first successful summit of the peak above 8000m. Photo Courtesy: Chhang Dawa Sh...
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THE THIRD POLE
Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest
By Mark Synnott
nytimes.com
In 1924, no one had ever set foot atop Mount Everest, the highest spot on Earth. By then, America had reached the North Pole. Norway had won a bitter race to the South Pole. Everest was “the Third Pole,” and the first person wh...
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by Angela Benavides
Source: explorersweb.com
Lots of oxygen, little acclimatization: How will teams fare in the critical days ahead?
Barely over a week after flying into Base Camp, climbers on commercial expeditions to Annapurna are leaving for the summit, following a strategy that minimizes the time spent on the d...
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by Angela Benavides
Source: explorersweb.com
Crowds will be less on Everest this year — that’s a good thing, for those going. And unlike 2020, at least the season will run.
ile image of Icefall Doctors at work. Photo: Aani Travels and Tours
Nepal’s weather office considers today, March 1, the official end of...
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By M Ilyas Khan
BBC News, Islamabad
source: www.bbc.com
Missing climber Mohammad Ali Sadpara and two others who went missing earlier while attempting to scale the worlds second-highest mountain have been officially declared dead.
But Sadpara will be remembered as a versatile climber by the international community...
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This article first appeared on http://explorersweb.com. The original can be read here.
by Angela Benavides
Bahrain’s Royal Prince Sheik Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa will have a positive reason to remember 2020. Last Saturday, he and his Royal Guard team enjoyed the first summit view of Nepal’s Himalaya this year, from ...
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This article first appeared on http://thehimalayantimes.com. The original can be read here.
KATHMANDU: An eighteen-member expedition team, including a member of the royal family of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has arrived in Nepal today to climb Mt Lobuche and Mt Manaslu.
The expedition team of Royal Guard of Bahrain at...
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The First Cho-Oyu autumn expedition takes off for 2020 from Tibet Side with 14 Chinese climbers.
Cho Oyu (8102m) is the sixth highest mountain in the world, located at a short distance to the west from Everest in the Khumbu region of Eastern Nepal along the Tibetan border.
A first autumn 8000m expedition star...
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This article first appeared on http://english.onlinekhabar.com. The original can be read here.
by Achut Puri
Nepal’s Department of Tourism has clarified that it has already reopened mountains for climbing for the autumn season this year.
Mount Manaslu
Earlier, the government had announced to reopen all busin...
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