Nepal Sherpa Becomes World’s 2nd Person To Scale Mount Everest 26 Times

Sherpas, who mostly use their first names, are known for their climbing skills and make a living mainly by guiding foreign clients in the mountains.

Mountaineer from Arunachal goes missing; Army ropes in for rescue ops

Tapi Mra and his assistant Niku Dao have gone missing after they set out on an official expedition to explore the Khyari Satam mountain

Arunachal’s Tashi Yangjom becomes first Indian woman climber to scale Everest this year

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday congratulated Tashi Yangjom for successfully scaling the Mount Everest and becoming the first Indian woman climber to summit the world’s highest peak this year. The minister also shared photographs of Ms Yangjom at the Everest peak with the Indian flag, and her moments at the base camp. “I extend […]

Mount Everest is now 8,848.86 metres tall: Here’s how the tallest peak got 3 feet higher

Nepal and China on Tuesday jointly announced that the revised height of the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest, is 8,848.86 metres, about 86 centimetres higher than the previous measurement done by India in 1954. The announcement was made via a joint video conference by Nepalese and Chinese officials based in Kathmandu and Beijing respectively. The […]

Nepal, China to jointly announce re-measured height of Mt Everest

Nepal and China have jointly agreed to announce the re-measured height of Mount Everest. A joint statement issued following the completion of the engagements of Chinese President Xi Jinping here, said, “Recognising that Mount Everest, also famous as Sagarmatha in Nepali and Zhumulangma in Chinese, is an eternal symbol of the friendship between Nepal and […]