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News tagged 'Mount Everest'

Nepal to reopen Everest to climbers despite coronavirus case rise

Jul 31, 2020

Kathmandu, July 30 Nepal will reopen its Himalayan mountains including Mount Everest to climbers for the autumn season, officials said today, to boost the tourism-dependent economy despite rising coronavirus infections. Home to eight of the world’s 14 tallest mountains, Nepal shut down climbing and trekking in March to stem the novel corona...

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Denying summit certificates an insult to Sherpas, says Norbu Tenzing Norgay

Jul 20, 2017

Norbu Tenzing Norgay, the eldest son of Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, who climbed Mt Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary in 1953, has said that the government’s move to bar Sherpa climbers from obtaining summit certificates only adds insult to injury for the unsung heroes of mountain climbing. Sharing his thoughts with this daily, Norbu, 54, who was re...

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Nepal celebrates anniversary of Mount Everest conquest

May 30, 2017

Nepal’s mountaineering community celebrated the first conquest of Mount Everest 64 years ago on Monday, as well as this year’s climbing season, during which hundreds scaled the world’s highest peak. Several mountaineers and others who have contributed to the climbing industry were honored during a ceremony in Kathmandu marking th...

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Bollywood film spotlights youngest girl to conquer Everest

Apr 1, 2017

A Bollywood film hitting Indian cinemas on Friday tells the inspirational story of a tribal girl from rural India who became the youngest woman to summit Mount Everest. Poorna Malavath was 13 years and 11 months old when she planted India’s tricolour flag on the top of the world’s highest mountain on May 25, 2014. Malavath’s rem...

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