KATHMANDU: Unconsciously impressed by the glamour of mountains, Purnima Shrestha, now a successful photojournalist, took
KATHMANDU: South Africa’s first all-women team to climb Mount Everest will soon be making its
KATHMANDU: Sherpas are like Hemingway’s Santiago, who struggle, live in and live with the snow-capped
KATHMANDU: When Sherpas have gone synonymous to mountains and mountaineering, the people of other communities
KATHMANDU: ‘You are what you are born for, nothing else works on you.’ Lhakpa Gelbu
KATHMANDU: Vegetation is expanding at high altitudes in the Himalayas, including in the Everest region,
KATHMANDU: Nepali mountain guides have demanded the government for social security for them claiming to
KATHMANDU: “So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and
KATHMANDU: Tourism has remained one of Nepal’s vital engines of economic growth. The government of
KATHMANDU: Nepal boasts of being the fifth most-visited countries among the top 10 countries in
KATHMANDU: Doma Sherpa, a journalist by profession, was troubled and pinched when she heard the
KATHMANDU: Furdiki Sherpa’s husband, Mingma Sherpa, died on April 7, 2013, after he fell into