Kathmandu [Nepal], October 1 (ANI): A group of 14 Nepali and eight foreign climbers have made a rare ascent of the main summit of Mt. Manaslu. This is the eighth highest mountain which the climbers had failed to scale since 1976.
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 27 (ANI): The bodies of three mountaineers including Pakistan's climber Muhammad Ali Sadpara were found on K2, the world's second-highest peak, over five months after they went missing.
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 17 (ANI): Running short of oxygen for patients of COVID-19, Nepal has requested mountain climbers of ongoing Spring Expedition to bring back their canisters so that it can be refilled to supply medical gas (oxygen) to the patients.
Kathmandu [Nepal] May 13 (ANI): Days after the Nepal government refuted reports of COVID-19 cases in mountain base camps, an expedition organizer in the Himalayan nation has said that there have been coronavirus cases among climbers and members of expedition teams this season.
Kathmandu [Nepal], April 19 (ANI): Three Russian climbers have reportedly gone missing from Nepal's Annapurna I peak (8,091 meters), located in the north-central part of the country.
Tehran [Iran], December 27 (ANI/Xinhua): The death toll of climbers rose to 10 after heavy snowfall in the northern heights of the Iranian capital Tehran, Mehdi Valipour, head of the Red Crescent Rescue and Relief Organization of Iran, announced Saturday.
Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand) [India], December 7 (ANI): Adventure climbers Manish Kasaniyal and Jaya Kshetri have set a record of rappelling from a height of 148 metres, said Basu Pandey from adventure tourism organisation 'Ice' which organised the event in collaboration with the district admin
Kathmandu [Nepal], Aug 26 (ANI): The number of Indian climbers at Mount Everest has increased over the years according to official data of Nepal's Department of Tourism.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 19 (ANI): A start up in Hyderabad has made a unique apparel 'Tardigrade' which can withstand an extreme temperature range of -200 degrees Celsius to 1000 degrees Celsius.
Kathmandu [Nepal], Feb 28 (ANI): With the outbreak of coronavirus showing no sign of abating, many mountain climbers have already started cancelling their expedition bookings. This is a cause of concern to the tour operators who will have to bear severe economic losses during the climbing se
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.