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[ad_1] Nepal Helicopter Crash: The rescue team has also recovered five bodies from the crash site. A tourist helicopter crashed near Mount Everest in Nepal this morning, killing five tourists on board. The bodies and the wreckage were found around three hours after the helicopter went missing. The private chopper, carrying five Mexican nationals, had … Read more
[ad_1] The passengers aboard the Manang Air chopper 9N-AMV are reported to be 5 Mexicans. Kathmandu: A private commercial helicopter with six people aboard, including five Mexican nationals, went missing near the Mount Everest area in Nepal today, aviation authorities said. The Manang Air chopper 9N-AMV departed from Surke Airport in Solukhumbu district at 10:04 … Read more
[ad_1] Shrinivas Sainis Dattatraya reached the Mount Everest summit on May 19. Singapore: A search and rescue team was unable to locate a missing Indian-origin climber who reached the Mount Everest summit on May 19, despite its best efforts, his wife said in an Instagram post on Saturday. Interspersing her message between pictures of her … Read more
[ad_1] This is tenth fatality on the world’s highest mountain this climbing season. A 40-year-old Australian man who climbed Mount Everest’s 8,849-metre peak died on his return from the summit, Guardian reported. Jason Bernard Kennison, who is from Perth, died after he became unresponsive at the summit on Friday. His family said ”he achieved his goal of … Read more
[ad_1] Mr Shrinivas, 39, set out from Singapore to Nepal to climb the world’s highest peak last month. Sushma Soma, an award-winning Carnatic vocalist who is based in Singapore and Chennai, recently took to social media to inform that her husband, Shrinivas Sainis Dattatraya, has gone missing after reaching the summit of Mount Everest on … Read more
[ad_1] On Sunday, five foreigners climbed the summit of Mount Everest. Kathmandu: A double amputee ex-British Gurkha soldier has scaled Mt. Everest, scripting history by becoming the first in the category to scale the world’s highest peak with artificial legs, an official said on Saturday. Hari Budhamagar, 43, scaled the 8848.86-metre peak on Friday late … Read more
[ad_1] Kami Rita Sherpa first summited the 8,848-metre (29,029-foot) peak in 1994. Kathmandu, Nepal: Nepali climber Kami Rita Sherpa reached the top of Mount Everest for the 27th time on Wednesday, reclaiming the record for the most summits of the world’s highest mountain. “He successfully reached the summit this morning guiding a Vietnamese climber,” Mingma … Read more
[ad_1] Nepal has issued a record of 467 permits this year for foreign climbers. Kathmandu: A Nepali sherpa guide climbed Mount Everest for the 26th time on Sunday, hiking officials said, becoming the world’s second person to achieve the feat. Pasang Dawa Sherpa, 46, stood atop the 8,849-m (29,032-ft) peak, sharing the record number of … Read more
[ad_1] Nepal has handed out a record 463 permits to climb Mount Everest between March and May. KATHMANDU: 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 … Read more