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Nepal increases permit fee for Mount Everest climbers by 36%
Cost of scaling world’s tallest peak rises for first time in nearly a decade to $15,000Nepal will increase the…
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Search for survivors in western Nepal after earthquake kills at least 157 people
Rescue workers reach area near epicentre of 5.8-magnitude quake in Karnali province in country’s worst earthqu…
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Nepali sherpa saves climber in rare Everest ‘death zone’ rescue
Gelje Sherpa was guiding Chinese client to summit when he saw Malaysian climber clinging to ropeA Malaysian cl…
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Spanish climber, 84, injured in bid to be oldest to scale world’s 14 highest peaks
Carlos Soria forced to abandon ascent of Nepal’s Dhaulagiri, one of two 8,000-metre summits he is still to con…
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Crash site found after plane goes missing over Nepal with 22 onboard
Bodies being recovered after army locates Tara Air aircraft that took off from Pokhara, after conditions hampe…