More ropes to ease Mt. Everest traffic jam
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepalese climbing specialists will fix a second rope at the Hillary Step, a dangerous "death zone" bottleneck near the Mount Everest summit, to ease congestion on the...
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Nepal’s miracle gel saves newborns from infection
DHULIKHEL, Nepal, March 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sangita Shrestha desperately waits in a hospital bed to see the baby girl she has just delivered. In the next room, a...
Nepal’s miracle gel saves newborns from infection
DHULIKHEL, Nepal, March 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sangita Shrestha desperately waits in a hospital bed to see the baby girl she has just delivered. In the next room, a...
Nepal tightens controls of climbers after Everest brawl
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal will enforce tighter controls of climbers on Mount Everest to ensure the world's highest peak is safe, officials said on Friday, after a fight last April...
Nepal tightens controls of climbers after Everest brawl
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal will enforce tighter controls of climbers on Mount Everest to ensure the world's highest peak is safe, officials said on Friday, after a fight last April...
Nepal plane crash in bad weather killed all 18 on board
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - All 18 people aboard a small plane that crashed in bad weather in Nepal were killed, an army spokesman said on Monday, after searchers battled heavy rain...
Nepal Maoists trail in election, demand vote count suspension
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - - Nepal's powerful Maoists, trailing in this week's election, called for an end to vote counting on Thursday, risking further political instability in the small Himalayan nation....
Nepal plans to name Himalayan peaks after Hillary, Tenzing
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal plans to name two Himalayan peaks after pioneering Mount Everest climbers Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, a senior hiking official said, in a move designed...
Nepal plans to name Himalayan peaks after Hillary, Tenzing
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal plans to name two Himalayan peaks after pioneering Mount Everest climbers Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, a senior hiking official said, in a move designed...
Japanese octogenarian becomes oldest to climb Everest
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - An 80-year-old Japanese mountain climber who has had four heart surgeries reached the top of Mount Everest on Thursday becoming the oldest person to conquer the world's...