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Nepal is a beautiful country with never ending stunning landscapes, charismatic mountains and mesmerizing lakes. Nepal is one of the finest country with wide prospect of development in technology and tourism sectors. With wide variety of flora and fauna in the country, Nepal beholds some of the rarest species like the ...

Distraught Nepalese guides and climbers have cancelled expeditions on Mount Everest after at least 13 colleagues died in an avalanche. At the same time anger is mounting over poor payments for sherpas who take huge risks on the world’s highest peak. Sherpas, already grief-stricken over the loss of colleagues, have ...

Nepal will double the number of climbing ropes on Mount Everest in a bid to cut traffic and prevent brawls on the world’s highest peak, climbing expedition organisers said on Thursday. Extra ropes will be fixed on congested ice walls near the Everest summit where climbers have faced frustrating bottlenecks ...

Climbers scaling Mount Everest will have to bring back eight kilograms of garbage under new rules designed to clean up the world’s highest peak, a Nepalese official said on Monday. The rule, one of several new measures for mountaineering in the Himalayan nation, will apply to climbers ascending beyond Everest’s ...

Climbers scaling Mount Everest will have to bring back 8kg (17.6lb) of rubbish under rules designed to clean up the world’s highest peak. The rule, one of several new measures for mountaineering in Nepal, will apply to climbers ascending beyond Everest’s base camp from April, said tourism ministry official Madhusudan ...