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Avalanches halt rescue operation for missing trekkers in Nepal
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Jan 19 (ANI): With fresh avalanches hitting the Annapurna circuit trekking route here on Sunday, the rescue operation to find the missing trekkers, including four South Korean climbers and three Nepali guides, was halted.
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LED giant OPPLE shares growth story at Conclave 2020
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 9 (ANI/NewsVoir): LED lighting giant OPPLE concluded 'The Climbers, Channel Partners Conclave 2020' on Tuesday (January 7).
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Nepali climber Nirmal Purja scripts history, climbed 14 peaks in 7 months
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Oct 29 (ANI): A Nepali climber Nirmal Purja, popularly known as "Nims Dai", has set a new record of summit--14 mountains in less than seven months.
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Nepal issues permits to 260 mountaineers for climbing Mt Manaslu this autu
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Sept 19 (ANI): Nepal's Department of Tourism (DoT) has issued permits to 260 mountaineers to climb the Mount Manaslu this autumn.
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Nepal urges climbers, trekkers to halt activities as rainfall continues
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Sept 18 (ANI): Nepal's Department of Tourism (DoT) has asked trekking and expedition companies to halt activities as a precaution in view of incessant rainfall in the region in the last few days.
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Nepal makes mountaineering experience mandatory for aspirants wanting to s
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], August 15 (ANI): All climbers seeking a permit to scale Mt Everest should have prior high altitude mountaineering experience, said a high-level committee in its report on Wednesday.
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U'khand CM meets 29-year-old Everester
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttrakhand) [India], July 20 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Saturday met and felicitated Mount Everest climber Ameesha Chauhan, who scaled the world's highest peak earlier this year.
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Uttrakhand: Bodies of seven climbers brought to Pithoragarh
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand) [India], July 3 (ANI): Bodies of seven out of eight missing mountaineers, who were on a mission to climb Nanda Devi peak over a month ago, were brought to Pithoragarh on Wednesday, officials said.
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Nandi Devi avalanche: Bodies of 7 mountaineers brought to Munsyari
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand) [India], July 3 (ANI): The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) on Wednesday brought down the bodies of seven climbers who were hit by an avalanche in May, from Nanda Devi to Munsyari.
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Ingenious 'bike' for climbing Areca nut tree to make farmers' lives easier
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Mangaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 16 (ANI): In wake of the fact that there is a shortage of traditional Areca nut tree climbers, farmers here are finding it difficult to sustain the Areca nut plantation. However, a 48-year-old farmer, Ganapathi, took it as a challenge and invented ingeniou
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IAF rescues 4 foreign climbers from Nanda Devi; 8 still missing
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand) [India], June 3 (ANI): The Indian Air Force (IAF) is conducting search and rescue missions to rescue a 12-members international expedition team which went missing while climbing the Nanda Devi peak in Uttarakhand.
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Mumbai-based climber dies while descending from Mount Everest
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 23 (ANI): An Indian woman climber died on Mount Everest after falling sick while descending from world's highest summit on Wednesday, her expedition organisers said.
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