Nepali climber, 85, is second to die on Everest in a week
KATHMANDU: An 85-year-old Nepali man attempting to become the oldest to climb Mount Everest died… Read More
8 years ago
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Scientists to re-measure Mount Everest height
KATHMANDU: Experts believe that the height of world’s tallest mountain ‘Mount Everest’ may have shrunk… Read More
9 years ago
New expedition to measure whether Everest shrank in Nepal quake
NEW DELHI: Scientists will take the tape measure to Mount Everest to determine whether a… Read More
9 years ago
First woman to scale Mount Everest dies aged 77
TOKYO: The first woman to conquer Mount Everest, Junko Tabei of Japan, died aged 77, media… Read More
9 years ago
Pakistan rock climbers scale new heights
ISLAMABAD: A dozen young men and women stand before a rock face on the outskirts… Read More
9 years ago
Nepal says Indian police couple faked Everest photos
KATHMANDU: An Indian couple falsified photographs of themselves at the top of Mount Everest to… Read More
9 years ago
Nepal opens probe into Indian police couple’s Everest claims
KATMANDU: Nepal has opened an investigation into an Indian police couple accused of falsifying photographs to… Read More
9 years ago
7-Eleven worker becomes first woman to climb Everest seven times
KATHMANDU: A 42-year-old woman born in Nepal climbed Mount Everest for the seventh time on… Read More
9 years ago
Britons first foreigners to scale Mount Everest after quake
KATHMANDU: British mountaineers Kenton Cool and Robert Lucas became the first foreigners to summit Mount Everest… Read More
9 years ago
A year after Nepal quake, some united in grief; others climb again
For survivors and relatives of victims of a landslide that struck with the force of… Read More
9 years ago
Samina Baig has her eyes set on conquering K2 this summer
Pakistani mountain climber Samina Baig has set her eyes on conquering K2 this summer, as… Read More
10 years ago
Mount Everest shifted southwest due to Nepal earthquake
BEIJING: The world's tallest peak, Mount Everest, moved three centimetres (1.2 inches) to the southwest because… Read More
10 years ago
Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry paying tribute to Samina Baig screens ‘Beyond the Heights’
ISLAMABAD: The documentary 'Beyond the Heights' depicting the momentous achievement of Samina Baig - the… Read More
10 years ago
Google executive killed in Mount Everest avalanche after quake
KATHMANDU: Dan Fredinburg, a Google Inc executive based in California, was among those killed on… Read More
10 years ago