Navigating Sagarmatha through photographs
KATHMANDU: Photographs taken by the ‘First Women Journalists Sagarmatha Expedition-2018’ team while scaling the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest, have been put on exhibition in town.
The photo exhibition titled ‘Women on Top’ is being held at the hall of Nepal Tourism Board since Friday. As part of NTB’s ‘Photo Nepal’ programme, the exhibition was organised on the occasion of Kathmandu Inte
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Sherpa siblings receive Guinness World Record certificates
KATHMANDU: The Guinness World Records has officially announced a group of Sherpa climbers from Dolakha district as the most siblings to have scaled the world’s highest peak together from Nepal side in the spring climbing season.
Pemba Dorjee Sherpa, Phurba Tenjing Sherpa, Phurba Thiley Sherpa and Dawa Diki Sherpa from Rolwaling Valley stood atop Mt Everest on May 23, 2018, according to GWR. “Three Sherpa brothers along with their sis
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First Nepali women Journalists team scripts history on Mt Everest
A team of women journalists successfully climbed Mt Everest this morning, according to base camp officials.
“The First Women Journalists Everest Expedition-2018 made it to the top of Mt Everest at around 6:00am,” liaison officer Gyanendra Shrestha told THT from the base camp. Four young women journalists involved in different facets of country’s journalism have also become the first team of journalists to script a
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Nepal named as top travel destination in 2017
Nepal’s name is in lights once again thanks to the travel experts at Lonely Planet, who named the country as No.1 best value destination for 2017 and No.5 on their hot list of countries to visit next year.
It will be welcome news to the Nepalese people who rely on tourism to make a living, following a series of disastrous years where the country hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons: plane crashes, fatal avalanches and ear
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Nepal in Lonely Planet's 'Best to Travel in 2017' list
Even natural disasters can’t keep Nepal down for long. The 2015 earthquakes caused devastation, but what is most striking from a traveller’s perspective is not how much was lost but how much remains. Landmark temples crumbled, but others came through with just the odd tile out of place, and whole swathes of the country escaped serious damage, including most of the popular trekking trails. Nepal has all the skills required to
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President honours Sherpa with National Youth Award
President Bidya Devi Bhandari honoured Phurba Tenzing Sherpa, a record Mount Everest summiter, with the National Youth Award on the occasion of International Youth Day.
During a program organised by the the National Youth Council, President Bhandari awarded Sherpa with a purse of Rs 100,000 for or making valuable contributions to the country’s mountaineering industry.
Sherpa, who was born in Dolakha district in 1988 ,has ascended the
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