Nepalese rescuers abandon plans of recovering bodies of Indians who died on Mount Everest
8 years, 10 months ago

Nepalese rescuers abandon plans of recovering bodies of Indians who died on Mount Everest

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Faced with unfavourable weather, Nepalese rescuers abandoned plans of retrieving bodies of Indians who died climbing Mount Everest Kathmandu: Faced with unfavourable weather, Nepalese rescuers on Monday abandoned plans to retrieve the bodies of two Indian climbers who died while scaling Mount Everest and will now attempt to bring them down only next year. Rescue work was halted as the mountaineering season is over and it will not be possible to go to the mountain due to unfavourbale weather conditions, said Wangchhu Sherpa, managing director of Trekking Camp Nepal, that managed the expedition. However, the bodies of Nath and Ghosh, who also died last week, could not be brought back as the monsoon season has started and the rescue efforts have to abandoned, Sherpa said. Rescuers had located Nath’s body last Friday near the South Col, located at an altitude of 8,000 metres and made an attempt to bring it back but failed.

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British climber rescued from Indian Himalayas after being stranded for three days
5 months, 3 weeks ago

British climber rescued from Indian Himalayas after being stranded for three days

The Independent  

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Flooding and Landslides in Nepal Kill 224, Disrupting Dasain Festivities
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Flooding and Landslides in Nepal Kill 224, Disrupting Dasain Festivities

Hindustan Times  

Nepal is grappling with a devastating flood and landslide disaster that has resulted in the loss of over 200 lives. The disaster, which occurred during Nepal's monsoon season, has caused widespread damage and left hundreds of people trapped and injured. Rescuers are searching for missing people and trying to recover the bodies of those killed. The country's biggest festival, Dasain, …

Rescuers search for people still missing in Nepal after flooding and landslides that killed 217
6 months ago

Rescuers search for people still missing in Nepal after flooding and landslides that killed 217

New Indian Express  

KATHMANDU: Rescuers on Tuesday searched for people still missing and tried to recover bodies of those killed in weekend flooding and landslides in Nepal that killed more than 200 people. The disaster came just ahead of the country’s biggest festival Dasain, which begins on Thursday when people return home to celebrate with their families. Nepal police said the death toll …

Nepal: Three Missing Indians Rescued From Forest 10 Hours After Disappearance
7 months, 1 week ago

Nepal: Three Missing Indians Rescued From Forest 10 Hours After Disappearance

News 18  

Three Indian tourists and their Nepali guide were rescued safely on Sunday from Nepal’s Nagarkot forest, nearly 10 hours after they went missing, according to the police. The tourists – identified as Nitin Tiwari, Rashmi Tiwari and Tanish Tiwari – and their Nepali guide Hari Prasad Kharel had gone missing from the Muhan Pokhari Rani Jhula area in the Nagarkot …

19 bodies recovered after landslide swept two buses into river in Nepal
8 months, 2 weeks ago

19 bodies recovered after landslide swept two buses into river in Nepal

Deccan Chronicle  

Kathmandu: Rescuers in Nepal have so far recovered 19 bodies, including that of four Indians, after two buses were swept into a swollen river following a landslide in the Chitwan district last week, sources here said on Thursday. Twenty-four people, including seven Indian nationals, were travelling on the first bus heading towards Kathmandu from Birgunj. Bodies of nineteen people have …

Nepal: Bodies of 4 Indians recovered a week after two buses swept away in landslide, 36 still missing | VIDEO
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Nepal: Bodies of 4 Indians recovered a week after two buses swept away in landslide, 36 still missing | VIDEO

India TV News  

Kathmandu: Rescuers in Nepal have so far recovered 19 bodies, including that of four Indians, after two buses were swept into a swollen river following a landslide in the Chitwan district last week, news agency PTI reported citing its sources on Thursday. VIDEO: Nepal searches for survivors after landslide sweeps buses into river Seven Indians were travelling on the bus …

Nepal: Rescuers recover body of first Indian swept away in massive landslide
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Nepal: Rescuers recover body of first Indian swept away in massive landslide

India TV News  

Kathmandu: The body of a 40-year-old Indian national was recovered by rescuers on Saturday, the first from the two buses carrying over 60 passengers that were swept away by a landslide into a rain-swollen river on Friday. Rescue efforts resume on Saturday Rescue efforts began with over 75 personnel from all three security forces, but heavy rain and high water …

12 killed, 65 missing in Nepal's landslides
8 months, 2 weeks ago

12 killed, 65 missing in Nepal's landslides

China Daily  

KATHMANDU -- Twelve people were killed and 65 others went missing after their buses were swept away by landslides in separate incidents on Thursday night and Friday morning, local police said. On Thursday night, seven members of one family and three others died in landslides in Pokhara of Kaski district, while another person lost her life in Madi Rural Municipality …

Indian climber rescued from Everest dies in hospital as season closes
10 months ago

Indian climber rescued from Everest dies in hospital as season closes

The Hindu  

An Indian climber who was evacuated from Mount Everest after he fell ill last week has died, taking the number of deaths this season on the world’s highest peak to five, officials said on Wednesday. One Nepali climber, Binod Babu Bastakoti, 37, died last week in the so-called death zone, which has a very low oxygen level, while descending after …

Indian climber dies as ‘human traffic jam’ on Mount Everest sparks overcrowding concerns
10 months ago

Indian climber dies as ‘human traffic jam’ on Mount Everest sparks overcrowding concerns

The Independent  

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Indian mountaineer rescued from Mt Everest dies, 8th death in this season
10 months ago

Indian mountaineer rescued from Mt Everest dies, 8th death in this season

Hindustan Times  

An Indian climber rescued from Everest has died in hospital, a Nepali tourism official said Tuesday, taking the number of fatalities this season on the world's highest mountain to eight. Three more died climbing other Nepali peaks including a Romanian aiming for Lhotse, which neighbours Everest, while a French and a Nepali climber died on Makalu, the world's fifth-highest mountain. …

Mount Everest guide recalls horror: Overcrowding, cornice fall | Watch video
10 months ago

Mount Everest guide recalls horror: Overcrowding, cornice fall | Watch video

Hindustan Times  

A mountain guide recently shared a video capturing a cornice collapse on Mount Everest and described how his teammates narrowly escaped the life-threatening situation after a tense rescue operation. Guide recalls Everest horror Vinayak Malla, an International Federation of Mountain Guides guide, shared footage from his expedition, depicting the chaos, tense moments on Everest. Two dead near Mount Everest's top …

Crowds formed recklessly long queue at the top of Everest that may have sparked snow and ice slip which led to disappearance of Brit climber, 40, and his Sherpa now feared dead
10 months, 1 week ago

Crowds formed recklessly long queue at the top of Everest that may have sparked snow and ice slip which led to disappearance of Brit climber, 40, and his Sherpa now feared dead

Daily Mail  

Hundreds of crowded climbers have been captured on footage slowly making their way up the summit of Everest close to where a British climber and his guide went missing on Tuesday after they were hit by collapsing ice. Experts fear overcrowding on the world's highest mountain may have played a role in causing the collapse of a cornice - an …

Nepal scrambles to rescue survivors of a quake that shook its northwest and killed at least 128
1 year, 4 months ago

Nepal scrambles to rescue survivors of a quake that shook its northwest and killed at least 128

The Independent  

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American mountaineer among two killed by avalanches on Tibetan mountain as two others remain missing
1 year, 5 months ago

American mountaineer among two killed by avalanches on Tibetan mountain as two others remain missing

The Independent  

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American mountaineer, local guide dead after avalanches hit Tibetan mountain. Two others are missing
1 year, 5 months ago

American mountaineer, local guide dead after avalanches hit Tibetan mountain. Two others are missing

The Independent  

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Six killed in Nepal tourist chopper crash near Mount Everest
1 year, 8 months ago

Six killed in Nepal tourist chopper crash near Mount Everest

Al Jazeera  

The chopper went missing in Solukhunvhu district, home to Mount Everest and other high mountain peaks, authorities say. Six people have been killed after a helicopter carrying foreign tourists crashed near Mount Everest in Nepal, according to officials. It had taken off at 10:04am from Surke in Solukhunvhu district, home to Mount Everest and other high mountain peaks, but lost …

Explained: Why this season has been so dangerous for Everest climbers
1 year, 9 months ago

Explained: Why this season has been so dangerous for Everest climbers

Firstpost  

A combination of extreme weather, corner-cutting on safety, and inexperienced and ‘impatient’ foreign climbers has resulted in one of the peak’s deadliest mountaineering seasons Scaling Mount Everest was never an easy task but this season has turned out to be the deadliest. “This season was very bad overall,” said expedition organiser Mingma Gyalje Sherpa, of Imagine Nepal Trek and Expedition, …

Sherpa who saved climber in Everest death zone says it was hardest rescue ‘in my life’
1 year, 9 months ago

Sherpa who saved climber in Everest death zone says it was hardest rescue ‘in my life’

CNN  

CNN — Gelje Sherpa was on his way to the top of the world’s highest mountain when he spotted the climber clinging to the rope. They were in the “death zone,” an area near the summit of Mount Everest where temperatures are extremely low and where there isn’t enough oxygen to breathe unaided for more than a few minutes. The …

Sherpas pass up Everest summit in order to rescue missing climber
55 years, 3 months ago

Sherpas pass up Everest summit in order to rescue missing climber

CNN  

A Malaysian climber narrowly survived after a Nepali sherpa guide hauled him down from below the summit of Mount Everest in a “very rare” high altitude rescue, a government official said on Wednesday. Gelje Sherpa, 30, was guiding a Chinese client to the 8,849 meter Everest summit on May 18 when he saw the Malaysian climber clinging to a rope …

Sherpa saves Malaysian climber in Everest ‘death zone’ rescue
1 year, 10 months ago

Sherpa saves Malaysian climber in Everest ‘death zone’ rescue

Al Jazeera  

Gelje Sherpa found the Malaysian hanging from a rope and shivering in an area where temperatures can dip below minus 30C. A Malaysian climber narrowly survived Mount Everest after a Nepali Sherpa guide hauled him down from below the summit in a “very rare” high-altitude rescue, according to a government official. Gelje Sherpa, 30, was guiding a Chinese client to …

Nepal honors Sherpa guides, climbers to mark 70th anniversary of Mount Everest conquest
1 year, 10 months ago

Nepal honors Sherpa guides, climbers to mark 70th anniversary of Mount Everest conquest

Associated Press  

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepal’s government honored record-holding climbers Monday during celebrations of the first ascent of Mount Everest 70 years ago. Among those honored were Sherpa guides Kami Rita, who climbed Everest twice this season for a record 28 times overall, and Sanu Sherpa, who has climbed all of the world’s 14 highest peaks twice. Hari Budha Magar, who became …

Sherpa climbs Mount Everest for the record 28th time
55 years, 3 months ago

Sherpa climbs Mount Everest for the record 28th time

CNN  

A Nepali sherpa reached the summit of Mount Everest for a record 28th time on Tuesday, an official said, completing his second ascent in just a week, as the toll in this year’s climbing season reached 11. Kami Rita Sherpa, 53, reached the 8,849-meter summit by the traditional southeast ridge route, said Nepali tourism official Bigyan Koirala, following his 27th …

Nepali sherpa Kami Rita scales Everest for record 28th time; death toll at 11
1 year, 10 months ago

Nepali sherpa Kami Rita scales Everest for record 28th time; death toll at 11

The Hindu  

A Nepali sherpa reached the summit of Mount Everest for a record 28th time on May 23, an official said, completing his second ascent in just a week, as the toll in this year's climbing season reached 11. Kami Rita Sherpa, 53, reached the 8,849-metre summit by the traditional southeast ridge route, said Nepali tourism official Bigyan Koirala, following his …

Nepal's Kami Rita Sherpa successfully scales Mt. Everest for the 28th time, sets new world record
1 year, 10 months ago

Nepal's Kami Rita Sherpa successfully scales Mt. Everest for the 28th time, sets new world record

India TV News  

Veteran mountain climber Kami Rita Sherpa scaled Mt. Everest for a record 28th time on Tuesday, breaking his own record for the largest number of ascents on the world's most elevated top, less than a week after setting it. The 53-year-old record-holding mountain guide remained on the 8848.86 meters-high top at around 9:20 a.m. Tuesday, as indicated by Chhang Dawa …

US climber dies on Everest in season's fourth fatality
1 year, 10 months ago

US climber dies on Everest in season's fourth fatality

Deccan Chronicle  

Kathmandu: A US mountaineer has died on Everest in the fourth fatality on the world's highest peak this climbing season. Beyul Adventure is a local partner of US-based expedition organiser International Mountain Guides, which confirmed "with deep sorrow" Sugarman's death. This year's spring climbing season on Everest had a tragic start last month with the death of three Nepali climbers. …

US Climber Dies While Climbing Mount Everest, 4th Death This Season
1 year, 10 months ago

US Climber Dies While Climbing Mount Everest, 4th Death This Season

News 18  

A US climber has died on Mount Everest, his expedition organiser said Tuesday, the first foreign death on the highest mountain in the world this season. “It is with deep sorrow that IMG reports the death of one of our Everest 2023 team members at Camp 2,” IMG chief Eric Simonson said in a statement on the company’s website. “We …

Nepal issues record number of permits to climb Mount Everest
1 year, 11 months ago

Nepal issues record number of permits to climb Mount Everest

CNN  

CNN — Nepal has issued permits for a record 463 climbers so far for this spring season’s expeditions to Mount Everest even as experts worry about dangerous overcrowding at the summit. Spring is the prime time to climb Mount Everest, although some mountaineers might climb in the less favorable autumn season. The climbers, along with staff members and Sherpa guides, …

Family joins rescued Indian climber being treated in Nepal
1 year, 11 months ago

Family joins rescued Indian climber being treated in Nepal

The Independent  

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Indian climber who fell into deep Annapurna crevasse rescued
1 year, 11 months ago

Indian climber who fell into deep Annapurna crevasse rescued

The Independent  

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Missing Indian climber Anurag Maloo found alive on Nepal's Mount Annapurna
1 year, 11 months ago

Missing Indian climber Anurag Maloo found alive on Nepal's Mount Annapurna

India TV News  

Indian climber Anurag Maloo, who went missing on Monday after falling into a deep crevasse on Nepal's Mount Annapurna, was found alive on Nepal's Mount Annapurna on Thursday. Maloo is on a mission to climb all 14 peaks above 8,000 metres and the seven highest points in all seven continents to create awareness and drive action towards achieving the UN …

Renowned Irish climber dies, Indian missing on Nepal’s Annapurna
1 year, 11 months ago

Renowned Irish climber dies, Indian missing on Nepal’s Annapurna

Al Jazeera  

Noel Hanna died while returning from the summit while Indian climber Anurag Maloo fell into a crevasse on the same mountain. A renowned Irish climber has died and an Indian is missing after falling into a crevasse in two separate incidents on Mount Annapurna, the world’s 10th highest mountain, an expedition organiser said. Indian climber Anurag Maloo, 34, fell into …

Irish climber dies, Indian missing on Nepal's Annapurna
1 year, 11 months ago

Irish climber dies, Indian missing on Nepal's Annapurna

The Independent  

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Three missing on Everest as avalanche rips through popular route for climbers
1 year, 11 months ago

Three missing on Everest as avalanche rips through popular route for climbers

The Independent  

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3 Sherpa climbers missing after falling on Mount Everest
1 year, 11 months ago

3 Sherpa climbers missing after falling on Mount Everest

Associated Press  

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Three Sherpa climbers were missing Wednesday after they fell into a deep crevasse on a treacherous section of Mount Everest just above the base camp, a Nepalese mountaineering official said. They fell into the crevasse, thought to be about 50 meters deep, on Wednesday morning as they were moving toward the first camp on the world’s highest …

Nepal plane crash: Search continues for last missing person
2 years, 2 months ago

Nepal plane crash: Search continues for last missing person

Deccan Chronicle  

Kathmandu: The search for the last missing person in the Nepal plane crash resumed on Wednesday after rescuers on Tuesday pulled out one more body from the crash site where a Yeti Airlines aircraft carrying 72 people, including five Indians, had plunged in a river gorge in the resort city of Pokhara. The search for the missing person started early …

Nepal plane crash: Search op resumed to find missing four; what we know so far
2 years, 2 months ago

Nepal plane crash: Search op resumed to find missing four; what we know so far

Live Mint  

Nepalese rescuers resumed their search on Monday for the four persons still missing after a passenger plane with 72 people, including five Indians, crashed into a river gorge while landing at the newly-opened airport in the resort city of Pokhara, killing at least 68 people onboard. Nepal Army on Monday even said that they have not rescued anyone alive from …

Uttarakhand avalanche | Death toll rises to 16
2 years, 5 months ago

Uttarakhand avalanche | Death toll rises to 16

The Hindu  

Teams from the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, State Disaster Response Force, and the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering recovered 16 bodies in 58 hours of rescue operations at the Draupadi Ka Danda mountain peak in Uttarkashi. “Till 6 p.m. on Thursday, 32 people had been rescued, while 16 bodies were recovered from the peak which is 5,670 metres above sea level. So …

Uttarakhand Avalanche: 4 Bodies Recovered, Mountaineers Trapped at 17k ft
2 years, 5 months ago

Uttarakhand Avalanche: 4 Bodies Recovered, Mountaineers Trapped at 17k ft

News 18  

At least four mountaineers were killed after a group of 34 trainees and seven instructors from the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering were caught in an avalanche at Mount Draupadi Ka Danda – II peak in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district on Tuesday, NIM Principal Colonel Amit Bisht said. IAF Conducts Aerial Recce Uttarakhand SDRF Commandant Manikant Mishra told ANI new agency heavy …

Famed American ski mountaineer missing in Nepal mountain
2 years, 6 months ago

Famed American ski mountaineer missing in Nepal mountain

The Independent  

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21 bodies recovered from plane crash site in mountains of Nepal
2 years, 10 months ago

21 bodies recovered from plane crash site in mountains of Nepal

LA Times  

The wreckage of a plane carrying 22 people that disappeared in Nepal’s mountains was found Monday scattered on a mountainside, the army said. Rescuers searching a mountainside in Nepal on Monday recovered the bodies of 21 of the 22 people who were on board a plane that crashed a day earlier, officials said. The Tara Air turboprop Twin Otter lost …

Indian climber dies while ascending Mt Kanchenjunga at 8200m
2 years, 10 months ago

Indian climber dies while ascending Mt Kanchenjunga at 8200m

India TV News  

Highlights Indian climber from Maharashtra died while ascending Mt Kanchenjunga in Nepal Narayanan Iyer died at a height of at 8,200m Other climbers who scaled mountain descended to the base camp An Indian climber died while ascending Mt Kanchenjunga in Nepal, a media report said. Narayanan Iyer from Maharashtra, died on Thursday at a height of at 8,200m when he …

US and Swiss climbers die on Everest in first climbing casualties of 2021
3 years, 10 months ago

US and Swiss climbers die on Everest in first climbing casualties of 2021

The Independent  

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2 foreign climbers die on Everest in year's first fatalities
3 years, 10 months ago

2 foreign climbers die on Everest in year's first fatalities

India Today  

A Swiss climber and an American have died on Mount Everest in the season’s first casualties on the world’s highest mountain, expedition organizers said Thursday. Swiss climber The Swiss climber, Abdul Waraich, 41, reached the peak before having difficulties, said Chhang Dawa of the expedition organizer, Seven Summit Treks in Nepal. Unfortunately, the Sherpas couldn’t save him.” American climber U.S. …

Climbers to return to Mount Everest after Nepal’s COVID closure
4 years ago

Climbers to return to Mount Everest after Nepal’s COVID closure

Al Jazeera  

More than 300 foreign climbers likely to attempt to scale the world’s tallest peak beginning in April after a year of closure due to coronavirus. Hundreds of climbers are set to return to Mount Everest for the first time next month under strict conditions, government officials and mountaineers said, as the world’s tallest peak reopens after a year of closure …

Nepal reopens Everest for trekking season despite virus concerns
4 years, 8 months ago

Nepal reopens Everest for trekking season despite virus concerns

Deccan Chronicle  

Kathmandu: Nepal has reopened its mountains -- including Everest -- for the autumn trekking and climbing season in a bid to boost the struggling tourism sector, officials said Friday, despite coronavirus uncertainty. "It would be a relief for mountaineering workers if we can run expeditions after an empty spring season," Sherpa said. Autumn summits on Everest last year were thwarted …

No work and little savings, Nepal’s Sherpa widows face battle
4 years, 8 months ago

No work and little savings, Nepal’s Sherpa widows face battle

Al Jazeera  

Nepal’s decision to close mountains due to coronavirus has rendered about 200,000 people working as guides jobless. After conquering Mount Everest and shattering taboos, two Nepali Sherpa widows face a new challenge – the coronavirus pandemic – which has shut down all climbing and trekking activities, leaving them without jobs. Nima Doma Sherpa and Furdiki Sherpa made global headlines when …

Everest climbers will now have to disclose full medical history, mandatory insurance
5 years, 3 months ago

Everest climbers will now have to disclose full medical history, mandatory insurance

India TV News  

Climbers at Mount Everest will now be needed to disclose their full medical history. According to a new set of rules drafted by Nepal's Tourism Department, climbers would also be required to submit a medical report by a certified doctor, along with a mandatory insurance in order to obtain the permit to climb mountains in Nepal, including the world's tallest …

Seven climbers who died on Nanda Devi peak were roped together when avalanche struck, says official
5 years, 9 months ago

Seven climbers who died on Nanda Devi peak were roped together when avalanche struck, says official

Firstpost  

The eight climbers were part of a 12-member expedition to the Nanda Devi peak, but four Britons were rescued after breaking away. New Delhi: Seven climbers killed on India’s second highest mountain last month were roped together when an avalanche struck, an official said Thursday. Their bodies were retrieved last Sunday from a height of 6,500 metres and taken to …

Mount Everest deaths: Nepal govt says 'traffic jam' not sole reason, claims factors like sickness of climbers also responsible
5 years, 9 months ago

Mount Everest deaths: Nepal govt says 'traffic jam' not sole reason, claims factors like sickness of climbers also responsible

Firstpost  

The large number of deaths of climbers on the Mount Everest this season is not solely due to the ’traffic jam’ on the world’s highest peak, the Nepal government claimed, citing factors like high altitude sickness, other health reasons and adverse weather. Kathmandu: The large number of deaths of climbers on the Mount Everest this season is not solely due …

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