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Norway climber aims to be fastest to scale 14 tallest peaks

A Norwegian who just became the fastest female to climb the world’s 14 highest mountains is now aiming to become the fastest person to complete the feat by beating the record set by a male climber in 2019

The Independent UK

A Seattle professor died during a climb up Mount Everest

The U.S. citizen did not die from a climbing-related accident or inclement weather, his group said. Mount Everest, located across Nepal and Tibet, is the world's highest point above sea level.

WEKU

Nepal police searching for five missing people after avalanche

Dozens of police rescuers were scouring a remote area in northwest Nepal on Wednesday looking for five villagers who went missing after being hit by an avalanche while searching for a valuable aphrodisiac herb, an official said.

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Nepal's President Ramchandra Paudel discharged from AIIMS, to return home tonight

Nepal’s President Ramchandra Paudel has been discharged from a hospital in New Delhi after undergoing treatment for a chest-related ailment and he will return to Kathmandu on April 30.

The Hindu

From a Himalayan kingdom to western Sydney: one man’s journey against his own victimhood

Om Dhungel escaped ethnic persecution in Bhutan to make a new life in Australia. The strength and potential of refugees like him, he says, is vastly underestimated

The Guardian - AU

Nepal's PM Prachanda's visit to India delayed till June due to internal reasons: top aide

Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda’s proposed visit to India has been delayed further due to internal reasons, including the jolt in the recent by-polls, and it is unlikely that his first foreign visit will take place before June, according to his top aide.

The Hindu

After defying death during Annapurna 1 expedition, Baljeet Kaur ready to climb Mount Satopanth peak of Uttrakhand in September

SHIMLA: After defying death during the Annapurna expedition in Nepal, the gritty Indian mountaineer Baljeet Kaur (28) from Mamlig Panjrol village of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh is roaring to climb the mountains once again.

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'Death zone' queues feared on Everest as Nepal grants record climbing permits

A record number of mountaineers expected on Mount Everest during the current spring climbing season has sparked fears of a traffic jam when teams make their final ascent through the "death zone" to the summit of the world’s tallest peak.

Reuters

How walking to help with Parkinson's symptoms escalated to an Everest hike

After being diagnosed, Sandi Gerschwitz's doctor recommended walking to help her condition. Now, the Queensland mum is taking on a 12-day, 125 km hike in Nepal.

ABC News

Nepal to give priority to relations with India, China

Nepal's foreign minister says the new government led by a Communist prime minister will be giving priority to enhancing relationship with both its giant neighbors India and China, but won’t use them against each other for its own benefit

The Independent UK

Flydubai to investigate after Nepal flight hit problem on takeoff

Airline flydubai on Wednesday said initial assessments of a technical problem on a flight at take-off from Kathmandu on Monday suggested a bird strike, but the company would further inspect the engine.

Reuters

UK secretly deported 100 Nepali guards who protected staff in Kabul

Exclusive: People who risked their lives and were evacuated to Britain were forcibly removed to Nepal days later

The Guardian - UK

Nepal says 'no proof' flydubai plane suffered bird strike

Nepal's civil aviation authority disputed on Tuesday whether a flydubai plane had been hit by a bird strike in Nepali airspace, calling the United Arab Emirates carrier's account of the incident "misleading".

Reuters

Doctors revive Indian climber in Nepal Anurag Maloo after 3 hours, condition 'still critical', says his brother

Indian climber Anurag Maloo, who was miraculously rescued after falling into a deep crevasse on Mount Annapurna in Nepal, was revived after three hours of painstaking effort by doctors at a hospital here, his brother has said, describing the mountaineer’s health condition as “still critical.”

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The Guardian - UK

Curd instinct: ancient Nepali food reborn as dog chews in US

Exporting churpi, herders’ smoked yak cheese, has transformed lives in remote Himalayan villages

The Independent UK

Indian climber pulled from crevasse in Nepal improving

An Indian climber who was rescued after spending three days in a 980-foot-deep Nepalese crevasse is recovering in a Kathmandu hospital but his condition is still critical

The Guardian - UK

Last remaining Gurkha Victoria Cross recipient dies in Nepal aged 83

Rambahadur Limbu was awarded Britain’s highest military honour in 1966 for an act of gallantry

The Independent UK

Family joins rescued Indian climber being treated in Nepal

An Indian climber who was rescued after spending three days trapped in a 980-foot-deep crevasse on Mount Annapurna, the world’s 10th-highest mountain, has been joined by his family at a hospital in Nepal where he is receiving treatment

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Indian climber rescued from depths of Annapurna crevasse in Nepal

Rescuers hauled an Indian mountaineer up 200 metres (656 feet) from the depths of a crevasse three days after he plunged into it on Mount Annapurna in west Nepal, hiking officials said on Thursday, in a rare example of a successful high-altitude rescue operation.

WEKU

The race to protect people from dangerous glacial lakes

An estimated 15 million people are threatened by floods that happen when glaciers melt rapidly. Nepal's Himalayan communities are on the front lines.

Daily Mirror

British family's death certificate struggle after son dies in Nepal plane crash

Ruan Crighton from Brentwood, Essex, was one of 72 people on board the Yeti Airlines Flight 691 from Nepalese capital Kathmandu to the tourist town of Pokhara when it crashed

Reuters

Nepal's president flown to Indian capital for medical treatment

Nepal's President Ram Chandra Paudel was flown on Wednesday to the Indian capital of New Delhi to seek advanced treatment for chest and abdominal problems at a premier government hospital, officials said.

Irish Mirror

Legendary Irish climber Noel Hanna to be laid to rest in Co Down

The 56-year-old died after ascending the world’s 10th highest peak in Nepal on Monday

The Independent UK

Noel Hanna: Mountaineer who has climbed Mount Everest 10 times dies during expedition in Nepal

Tributes to climbing ‘legend’ who scaled Mount Everest 10 times

Dublin Live

Irish climber dies climbing Mount Annapurna in Nepal

Noel Hanna, a 10-time Everest summiteer from Dromara, Co Down, died at Camp IV after he returned from the Mount Annapurna summit point on Monday night

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