For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Sherpa guide Pasang Dawa, 48, plans to climb the …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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