Dewan Rai

French climber Alasdair Scot Mckenzie and six Nepali guides achieve first successful ascent from the south face on the Nepal side

Photographic evidence of Everest summit by two Mongolian climbers who went missing on Everest and later confirmed dead surfaces. They were climbing Everest without Sherpa guide and radio set in one of the windiest days of the season, before they met a tragic incident. 

This season’s only one Cho Oyu expedition team comprising of a French climber and 5 Nepali guides are set to attempt a summit from the Nepal side. The team are currently headed to Cho Oyu base camp located in Thame.

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”.

Nepal's attempt to open route to the summit of Cho Oyu (8,188m) gets cancelled second year in a row due to strong wind. The exploration team of Nepali mountaineers fixed the line upto 7,300m, while climbers had reached up to Camp III (7,100) before retreat.

Nepali mountaineers have reached camp III of Cho Oyu in an attempt to open route to the mountain from Nepal side. Two major avalanches in the Advance Base Camp and below Camp II delays the attempt

Pakistani climbers Shehroze Kashif and Sirbaz Khan made a historic summit of Gasherbrum I (8,080m) for their country, while Japanese Naoko Watanabe completes 12th peaks above 8,000m in Nepal and Pakistan.

Record breaking British climber Adriana Brownlee and her mountain guide Gelje Sherpa has decided to abandon Gasherbrum I and II summit for this year citing safety concerns. The duo will be back in Cho Oyu in October continuing their 14 peaks mission.