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Around 500 mountaineers may try to scale Everest this season
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Nepal's expedition organisers say that the number of Everest permits issued for the spring climbing season may exceed expectations, but a re-emergence of coronavirus infections, erratic weather and overcrowding caused by new climbers may ruin the season. Booking trends and inquiries show tha
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Parmanu Defence Institute students and staff successfully conquer Nag Tibb
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI/PNN): On February 1st, students of the Parmanu Defence Institute in Dehradun hoisted the Indian flag on the highest peak of the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, Nag Tibba, in dedication to the brave soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country. Nag Ti
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Baljeet Kaur Indian Mountaineer break the record by completing the true su
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Solan (Himachal Pradesh) [India], November 3 (ANI/NewsVoir): Himachal-based mountaineer Baljeet Kaur successfully completed her expedition to the true summit of Mount Manaslu 8163M in Nepal at 07:40 AM on September 30, 2022. The 26-year-old has broken the record of the first Indian woman to
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Second-highest peak K2 turns into garbage mountain
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan [PoK], September 13 (ANI): K2, the second-highest mountain on the planet after Mount Everest, has become a 'garbage mountain' as a mound of trash has piled up, raising environmental concerns.
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"Unbeatable" record setter Nepalese climber gets heroic welcome
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], August 20 (ANI): Nepalese mountaineer Sanu Sherpa, who has set an "unbeatable" record by climbing the 14 highest peaks in the world twice, received a heroic welcome when he arrived back home on Saturday.
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Nepal: Indian dies while climbing Mt. Kanchenjunga
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 6 (ANI): An Indian climber died on Mt. Kanchenjunga, the third-highest peak in the world while ascending this morning, the expedition agency Pioneer Adventure said.
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COVID-19 cases in South Korea above 350,000 for 2nd Day in row
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], March 13 (ANI/Sputnik): New COVID-19 cases in South Korea remain above 350,000 for the second day in a row, marking the highest peak since the onset of the pandemic due to the rapid spread of the Omicron strain, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said on
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Constable of SDRF conquers highest peak of Europe- Mount Elbrus
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], August 15 (ANI): State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) constable Rajendra Nath has created history by climbing Mountain Elbrus, the highest peak in the continent of Europe, in the worst weather conditions.
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Bodies of three climbers including Pakistan's Muhammad Ali Sadpara found o
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
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.
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Sherpa retrieve body of deceased Swiss Climber from highest point of 'Deat
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], June 2 (ANI): Body of Swiss Climber Abdul Waraich, who died above 8,000 meters on Mount Everest which also is known as the "Death Zone" of the world's highest peak, has been retrieved and brought back to Kathmandu.
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Nepal: Three dozen tents blown off at Everest Camp, one Sherpa dead under
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 18 (ANI): As Nepal has alerted mountaineers about the danger of potential massive snowfalls sparked by cyclone Tauktae, gusty winds have blown off nearly three dozen tents at Camp IV of Mount Everest, while a Sherpa guide died on on the world's highest peak after he f
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Nepal to announce revised height of Mt Everest on Tuesday
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], December 7 (ANI): After working for a year on processing data regarding the measurement of the world's highest peak, Nepal on Tuesday will announce the newly-measured height of Mount Everest.
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