Tag: Mountaineering

Kathmandu: Nepal has banned solo climbers from scaling its mountains, including Mount Everest, in an attempt to reduce accidents and make mountaineering safer. The new safety regulations also prohibit double amputee and blind climbers from attempting to reach the summit of the world’s highest peak, the BBC reported on Saturday citing a Nepal Tourism Board official. […]

New Delhi: The Indian Navy’s mountaineering team has scaled Mount Everest, braving adverse weather that forced the team to camp on the way for five days after starting the final climb, an official statement said. The Naval mountaineering team comprising 24 members under Cdr Sanjay Kulkarni, followed the route from Jiri and trekked to Everest […]

Kathmandu: Indian climber Anshu Jamsenpa created mountaineering history on Sunday when she summitted Mount Everest twice in a span of five days. Anshu unfurled the Indian Tricolor on the mountain’s crest on May 16 at 9 a.m., and completed the feat for a second time at 7.45 a.m., on Sunday. She thus climbed the world’s […]

Srinagar: Two policemen from Jammu and Kashmir have scaled the Mount Everest, police said on Tuesday. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh greeted the policemen for their achievement. He tweeted: “The team comprised nine personnel from the IB and 2 of @JmuKmrPolice. I am proud of their achievement and wishing them success in their future endeavours.” […]

Kathmandu: Another mountaineer has died after summiting Mount Everest, bringing the death toll for the 2019 climbing season to 11 people, a Nepal government official confirmed on Tuesday. American lawyer Christopher John Kulish, 62, died on Monday after reaching the top of Everest on the Nepalese side of the mountain in the morning, Meera Acharya, […]