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A CLIMBER who quit his bid to conquer Everest after going blind in one eye is to make another attempt at conquering the world’s highest mountain – despite having tragically lost one of his sherpa friends there last month. Bob Kerr, from Portskerra, Sutherland, who once had a fear of ...

Recent news of deadly avalanche on Mount Everest dated 19 april 2014 has made the whole world shocked. News of this avalanche has really brought a big challenge and misery to the whole nation. We Adventure Mountain Explore Team pray those real hero of our nation Nepal Sherpa a heartfelt ...

The government today agreed to honour the permits issued to scale Mt Everest this season for up to five years.A high-level joint team led by Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation Bhim Acharya announced at a meeting with the agitating mountaineering support staff and guides at the Everest Base Camp ...

The death toll in the deadliest avalanche on Mt Everest today reached 13 with rescuers recovering one more body of a mountaineering guide from the incident site this afternoon. Officials said the chance of finding three more, who have gone missing in the debris, alive, was almost nil as search ...

Spring marks the onset of the tourist season in Bhutan and with it begins preparations. And unlike in the past, flight booking and shortage of hotels are no longer problem for the tour operators, and the number of hotels catering for tourists has increased over the years, particularly in Thimphu ...