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Climbing to the roof of the world is becoming less predictable and possibly more dangerous, scientists say, as climate change brings warmer temperatures that may eat through the ice and snow on Mount Everest. Nepal was left reeling when a sudden ice avalanche slammed down onto a group of Sherpa guides on Friday and killed...Read More

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 continued in the Khumbu icefall...Read More

Authorities in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region are enacting a new legally-binding regulation to safeguard the heritage and development of the Tibetan language, local authorities said Monday. The Tibetan Language Work Committee and other authorities in the plateau region have finished drawing up a draft regulation on the ethnic language, said Chodrak, the committee’s deputy...Read More

The trekking and mountaineering season is on, and shops dealing in adventure gear in Kathmandu’s tourist district Thamel have brought out a wide range of climbing equipment and accessories. A large number of foreign tourists and local adventure seekers have started flocking the tourist bazaar for trekking and mountaineering accessories. The March-May period is the...Read More

‘Spiritual tourism’ can help bring in high-end tourists to Nepal provided the country can develop infrastructure and organise publicity campaigns in India. Delivering a keynote speech in a programme, ‘Spiritual Tourism in Nepal: Exploring Opportunity and Linkages’, Ambassador of India to Nepal Ranjit Rae said: “Nepal is known as a spiritual country in India. Many...Read More