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.
High altitude workers are advised to avoid carrying heavy weight while passing through Khumbu icefall as the snow in the section is not yet fully stable.
While conservation efforts have focused on increasing tiger population, human life near conservation zones, who have been living in terror of the wild cats, have been constantly undermined.
Nepal continues to gift animals to other countries continuing an age-old tradition, the latest being a pair of elephants during Qatari King’s state visit to Nepal. Although this tradition is not without its controversy and criticism.
Everest expedition this season faces delays as rope fixing through Khumbu Icefall has been delayed due to crevasse. As icefall doctors work on finding alternative route, expedition companies mull the possibility of flying supplies to Camp II.
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.
Gelje Sherpa scales Cho You from Tibet side becoming seventh Nepali climber to join the elite club of 14 peaks climbers while 17-year-old Nima Rinji Sherpa sets a record of the youngest to climb 10 mountains above 8,000.
Dawa Ongju Sherpa shares his experience of leading 12 expeditions back-to-back for Kristin Harila, and about the recent developments about his 14 peak dream.
With this, he has regained the title of most Everest summit. On Monday, another famed climber Pasang Dawa Sherpa, 46, had equalized the record of most ascent.
Nepali guide Kami Rita Sherpa and British climber Kenton Cool set new records breaking their own record for the most Everest summits. Kami Rita scaled the world’s highest peak for 27 times and Kenton Coll 17 times, the highest number of summits by any foreign climber.
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.
High altitude workers are advised to avoid carrying heavy weight while passing through Khumbu icefall as the snow in the section is not yet fully stable.
While conservation efforts have focused on increasing tiger population, human life near conservation zones, who have been living in terror of the wild cats, have been constantly undermined.
