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Taiwan: Mountaineers to face fine for unauthorised climbs
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The National Park Service has warned that mountaineers who enter national parks without permission or fail to carry proper climbing gear could face fines or bans of up to three years. The warning follows recent mountaineering accidents, including the deaths of two climbers on Yushan after sl
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Nepal bans solo expedition of 8000er's including Mount Everest
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The Sixth amendment of the mountaineering regulation was released late on Tuesday evening after which climbers were banned from solo expedition in all the 8000ers peaks.
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17-Year-Old Kaamya Karthikeyan Achieves Historic Seven Summits Milestone,
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 6: At 0150 hrs IST on 25 Dec 24, Kaamya Karthikeyan, the 17-year-old mountaineer, successfully completed her most ambitious expedition by summiting Mt. Vinson Massif in Antarctica. This remarkable achievement marks the completion of her Seven Summits Cha
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Nepal's Mingma G Sherpa receives heroic welcome after historic ascend of h
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Sherpa last year had set the incredible feat of becoming the first Nepali to successfully summit all eight 8,000-meter peaks without supplemental oxygen. Hailing from Rolwaling of Dolakha District bordering the Tibetan side from Nepal, Sherpa on October 4, stood atop Shishapangma (8,027 mete
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Telangana: 20-year-old mountaineer becomes youngest climber to Summit Moun
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
In a groundbreaking achievement, Bhukya Yashwanth Naik, a 20-year-old man from Mahabubabad, Telangana, has successfully summited the formidable Mount Gorichen Main Peak, 6,488 meters making him the youngest person to do so.
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Nepal: Bodies of 5 Russian climbers retrieved from Mt Dhaulagiri after 10
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Rescuers were able to retrieve the bodies of climbers from 6,900 meters this morning which was later flown to Kathmandu for post-mortem
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Record-setting mountaineers Nima Rinji, Dawa Yangzum return to heroic welc
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Family members along with the relatives stood in line eagerly waiting for the record-setting climbers to arrive back home. Bands played while fellow Sherpa women danced in jubilance welcoming the record-setting climbers back home.
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Nepal's teenager Nima Rini Sherpa becomes youngest person to summit 14 pea
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Expedition organizer, Seven Summit Treks, took to Instagram to announce the feat by a teenage climber after he reached the summit of Mount Shishapangma.
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Five Russian climbers die on Nepal's Mount Dhaulagiri, world's 7th highest
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Five Russian climbers attempting to climb Mount Dhaulagiri, the world's seventh-highest peak, lost their lives in a devastating incident. As per the Department of Tourism of Nepal, the permit issuing authority, the climbers who had gone missing were found dead at an altitude of 7,600 metres
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Gilgit-Baltistan government hikes K2 climbing permit fees
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The Gilgit-Baltistan Tourism, Sports, Culture, Archaeology, and Museum Department has announced a permit fee structure for foreign climbers attempting to conquer K2, the world's second-highest peak. The notification outlines the following fees -- USD 5,000 for the summer season, USD 2,500 fo
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Nepal govt felicitates India's youngest female Mount Everest summiteer amo
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda" felicitated the record-holding climber in line with other record-holding summiteers during the 2024 spring expedition.
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Nepali Sherpa calls for action to mitigate effects of climate change that
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Addressing an event organized in the capital Kathmandu to mark International Everest Day on Wednesday, Pasang Tendi Sherpa, who has summited Everest 17 times expressed concern.
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