Kami Rita Sherpa set to climb Mount Everest for the 31st time
Veteran climber Kami Rita Sherpa, who holds the world record for the most ascents of Mount Everest (8,848.86m), is preparing to yet again summit the world’s highest peak this spring.
Four Nepali sisters closer to historic Seven Summit record; completes fifth ascent
Four women mountaineers and siblings from Nepal are attempting to complete the Seven Summits record together —climbing the highest mountains of all seven continents — in memory of their late father, Dorjee Sherpa, a mountain guide.
Dawa Finjhok to attempt Everest, Lhotse, and Makalu within 24 hours
Record-holding climber Dawa Finjhok Sherpa, who scaled Mount Everest three times within a week, has set his sight on scaling three eight-thousanders, including the world's highest peak, within 24 hours.
Search for missing Sherpa guides ends, two accomplished Sherpa guides lost in avalanche
Extensive efforts to locate the two experienced mountaineers swept by avalanche yielded no results, leading to the suspension of the search.
Makalu records season’s first ascent
Record-holding Lakpa Sherpa has now summited the peak for the eighth time. He also holds the Guinness World Record for the fastest triple ascent of the mountain in a single season.
For Sherpas, by Sherpas
A pair of Sherpa entrepreneurs have introduced affordable high-quality technical gear into the Nepali market.
Thanks to COVID, Confusion Reigns around Extension of Everest Permits
Last spring, many expedition organizers and climbers cancelled their expeditions due to rampant COVID-19 infections at Everest Base Camp, nearly all of whom want to climb again. But Nepal’s Department of Tourism is giving mixed messages around the possibility of extending unused climbing permits.
Kami Rita Eyes 26th Ascent of Mount Everest
Kami Rita Sherpa, the legendary guide who has summited Mount Everest more than any other human in recorded history, is planning to climb the world’s highest peak one more time. Sherpa, who first climbed Everest in 1994, was planning to summit the peak twice last year. He later aborted his second attempt after reaching Camp III due to bad dreams. This year, he will be guiding a team of American climbers.
Jost Kobusch just doesn’t care
The ambitious German mountaineer speaks to Everest Chronicle about his second attempt to climb Everest solo, in winter, and without supplemental oxygen.
Nepal makes RECCO reflector mandatory for climbers
Nepal has stepped up rescue and retrieval operations in the mountains as dead bodies pile up on crevasses and slopes raising concerns from climbers and environmentalists.
Kami Rita Sherpa aims for 29th Everest summit.
Veteran mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa wants to break his own record of highest number of summit of the world’s highest mountain by summiting Everest this spring for a record 29 time.
Rope fixing team hopes to open route up to Everest summit by mid-May
Seven seasoned Sherpa climbers have been deployed to fix the rope to the summit of Mount Everest, which serves as a lifeline for climbers to summit and descend back safely.
Nepal government makes historic “one time” decision on Everest; Choppers to fly supplies up to camp II
Exceptional circumstances around route opening in world’s highest mountain has pushed Nepal government to take a “one time” extreme decision of allowing choppers to ferry goods up to camp II. Helicopters beyond base camp is only allowed for “search and rescue” or “emergency situation”.
Everest local authority confronts environmental crisis in the mountain
Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality, the local government unit of Everest region, has brought forth a set of environmental regulations to limit the impact of expeditions on the world’s highest peak, but has retracted most of the provisions within weeks amid pressure.
The arduous mission of retrieving dead climbers bodies from the Everest summit
In 2017, a team of five Sherpas retrieved the dead body of Indian climber Goutam Ghosh from just 448 meters below the Everest summit.
Covid-19 fails to deter guides from doing training on mountains
Nepal, home to eight of the total 14 peaks above 8000 meters, is now facing a shortage of experienced guides as the number of aspiring climbers has been increasing in recent years.
Sherpa guides on a mission to explore Nepal’s own route for Mount Cho Oyu
To begin commercial expeditions from Nepal two groups of Sherpa are on a mission to explore a new route for Cho Oyu. Various groups working for the promotion of expeditions in Nepal’s mountains have joined their hands in this mission led by young Sherpa guides. If their mission is successful, it will be an additional option to climb Cho Oyu.
Nepal’s best rock climbing area likely to be lost to highway expansion
As one of Nepal’s most iconic, and largest, rock climbing areas faces destruction in the face of highway expansion, the local community is fighting back.
Ancestors in the forest
A Gurung community in Lamjung has used traditional practices to thrive for generations. Thanks to local politics this is now under threat.
Everest’s glacier melting rapidly, a new study finds
An analysis of the ice core drilled from South Col Glacier at an altitude of 8,000 meters showed that the ice that took 2,000 years to form has melted in around 25 years as the Nepal side of the peak continues to lose decades worth of ice every year.
The giving trees
Nepal’s thriving community forests have provided for rural communities for decades. Now, thanks to a new law, they are giving poor families a means to make a living.
Claiming Mountaineering’s Greatest Prize, Nepali Style
Mingma Sherpa and his team tell their remarkable story of the first winter ascent of K2.
Nima Gyalzen Sherpa becomes the 6th Nepali in the 14 Peaks club
Nepali Nima Gyalzen Sherpa and Taiwanese Grace Tseng summit Gasherbrum I without supplemental oxygen. Nima achieves his 14th peak victory while Grace completes her 12th 8000er.
Nepali climber Pemba Gelje Sherpa creates speed climb record in Manaslu
Pemba Gelje Sherpa finishes his speed climb of Mount Manaslu in 12 hours without oxygen – one hour ahead of the previous record, setting a world record in the world’s eighth highest peak.
New bird species discovered in Upper Mustang, Nepal
The recent discovery of a new bird species in Nepal has raised the total count of recorded bird species in the country to 895.
Community participation to protect the rare elongated tortoise
Nepal has an opportunity to use community-driven conservation to protect the critically endangered elongated tortoise, which can be key to saving this species from extinction.
Rhinoceros, tiger found dead in Chitwan National Park
At least 21 one-horned rhinos have been found dead in last ten months, and six tigers were reported to have died in recent years in Chitwan National Park, country’s biggest national park for rhinoceros and Royan Bengal tigers.