A Malaysian climber narrowly survived after a Nepali sherpa guide hauled him down from below the summit of Mount Everest in a very rare high-altitude rescue, a government official has said. Gelje Sherpa, 30, was guiding a Chinese client to the 8,849-me…
続きを読むGelje Sherpa was guiding Chinese client to summit when he saw Malaysian climber clinging to ropeA Malaysian climber narrowly survived after a Nepali sherpa guide hauled him down from below the summit of Mount Everest in a very rare high-altitude rescue…
続きを読むNepal’s head of tourism says variable weather on the mountain has led to one of the deadliest years on recordExperts say this is likely to be one of the deadliest years on record on Mount Everest, with variable weather caused by climate change being bl…
続きを読むForty-year-old, who was raising money for Spinal Cord Injuries Australia, spent years recovering from a spinal injury after being told he might never walk againFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news…
続きを読むCarlos Soria forced to abandon ascent of Nepal’s Dhaulagiri, one of two 8,000-metre summits he is still to conquerAn 84-year-old Spanish mountaineer has been forced to abandon his 15th attempt to reach the summit of Nepal’s Dhaulagiri – one of the two …
続きを読む‘Strong climber’ Kami Rita Sherpa beats own record for number of ascents on world’s highest mountainA Nepali sherpa has scaled Mount Everest for a record 27th time, beating his own record, a government official and his hiking company said.Kami Rita She…
続きを読むExclusive: People who risked their lives and were evacuated to Britain were forcibly removed to Nepal days laterMore than 100 Nepali guards who risked their lives to protect British embassy staff in Afghanistan before the Taliban seized back control we…
続きを読むExporting churpi, herders’ smoked yak cheese, has transformed lives in remote Himalayan villagesOn a cold, wet August morning in the windswept high pastures of the Nepalese Himalayas, a stream of herders bring fresh milk to a makeshift tent at an altit…
続きを読むRambahadur Limbu awarded Britain’s highest military honour in 1966 for an act of gallantryThe last remaining Gurkha recipient of Britain’s Victoria Cross has died in Nepal at the age of 83.Rambahadur Limbu was awarded Britain’s highest military decorat…
続きを読むNoel Hanna died during descent of world’s 10th highest mountain, say expedition organisersA Northern Irish climber has died and an Indian climber is missing after falling into a crevasse in separate incidents on Mount Annapurna, the world’s 10th highes…
続きを読むAlmost 12% of Nepali migrant workers who die abroad, mainly in the Gulf and Malaysia, take their own livesWhen Pawan Kumari’s husband called one morning from Kuwait, where he had gone to work nine months earlier, there was no reason to worry. They woul…
続きを読むRadha Adhikari highlights the difficulties for healthcare workers in Nepal and the UK, both of which have shortagesRe your article on recruiting nurses from Nepal by Pete Pattisson and Pramod Acharya (‘If we leave, Nepal will suffer’: embattled hospita…
続きを読むAs Nepali nurses weigh up the benefits of an NHS salary, any staff drain will worsen shortages in the country’s creaking healthcare systemThe emergency department at Kathmandu’s Bir hospital is already packed with patients, but still they come, in whee…
続きを読むHari Budha Magar, a former Gurkha, hopes to be first ever double above-the-knee amputee to scale mountainA former Gurkha who lost both of his legs serving with the British army in Afghanistan hopes to become the first double above-the-knee (DAK) ampute…
続きを読むAnju Khatiwada joined Yeti Airlines in 2010, four years after her husband died while piloting a plane for the same airlineThe co-pilot of the Yeti Airlines flight that crashed on Sunday in Nepal was the widow of a pilot who flew for the same airline, a…
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