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Eighty-year-old climber on top of world after reaching Everest summit

Yuichiro Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer, says he is feeling elated after becoming the oldest person in history to reach the top of Mount ...

Nepals oldest climber sponsored by govt to defend his record

The government of Nepal at its cabinet meeting Thursday decided to provide 1 million rupees ($11, 235.9) to Guinness World Record holder Min Bahadur Sherchan, an official at the prime minister's office said."Today's cabinet meeting decided to provide 1 million rupees to Min Bahadur Sherchan for his attempt to scale Mount Everest to defend his record," Rajendra Pandey, Press ...

Japanese climber 80 becomes oldest to summit Everest

Yuichiro Miura, 80, scaled Mount Everest Thursday, becoming the oldest person to reach the summit of the world's tallest peak, his office said. Miura, who is also an extreme skier, reached the summit of the 29,028-foot Himalayan peak in Nepal about 9 a.m. Thursday, Mainichi Shimbun reported, quoting his Tokyo office. "It's the greatest feeling in the world. I feel like ...

FM Koirala holds trade talks with Australian Ambassador White

FM Koirala holds trade talks with Australian Ambassador White Finance Minister Shankar Koirala has urged Australia to help boost trade of Nepali goods in order to mitigate trade deficit. During the meeting with Australian Ambassador to Nepal Glen White here in capital on Wednesday, Koirala asked the Ambassador to help bring Australian investment in Nepal’s potential sectors. Thanking the ...

Climbers feared dead on Nepals mountain

(41 mins ago) Five climbers, including the first Hungarian to scale Mount Everest, are missing and feared dead on Nepal's treacherous Kangchenjunga mountain, tourism officials said Thursday. The climbers -- two from Hungary, two from Nepal and one from South Korea -- went missing on Monday afternoon as they attempted to climb the 8,586-metre peak, the officials said, AFP reports. "We ...

Trilateral cooperation among China India and Nepal urged

Nepal's three former prime ministers have called for a trilateral cooperation among Nepal, China and India in order to hasten economic development in the region. In exclusive interviews with Xinhua recently, the three former prime ministers, Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, Puspa Kamal Dahal " Prachanda" and Madhav Kumar Nepal, underscored the importance of trilateral cooperation among the ...

Air ticket shortage in Gulf route leaves thousands of Nepalese workers stranded

Around 20,000 Nepali migrant workers have been stranded in Nepal's capital city Kathmandu due to a shortage of air tickets and an exorbitant hike in ticket prices on the Gulf route. Staffers of Nepal's foreign employment agencies and migrant workers going to countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain have not been able to book tickets even for double ...

Nepals sherpas a hardy bunch

His eyes are as captivating as the peaks soaring above.They glint with excitement and adventure. Crinkling at the edges, they hint of hardship on a youthful face.His smile is as frequent as the caravans of yaks along Nepal's mountain trails. Both spread wide. His round face is as dark and attractive as Kala Pattar - that extra mountain challenge for Everest Base Camp hikers. And just like ...

Nepal marking diamond jubilee of mans conquest of Mt. Qomolangma

Nepal on Wednesday officially launched events to mark the 60th anniversary of man's first ascent on Mt. Qomolangma, also known as Mt. Everest, to be observed in the foothills of the world's highest peak and Kathmandu from May 26 to 30.Nepal Tourism Board unveiled the program amid a ceremony which was participated by famous Sherpa mountaineers, tourism experts and government officials.As ...

Lack of financial aid hampers Nepalese entrepreneurs

Female entrepreneurs in Nepal say they face many challenges, the largest being a lack of financial assistance from the government and nongovernmental organizations. There are an estimated 30,000 female entrepreneurs in Nepal. Female entrepreneurs who receive free trainings seek to empower other craftswomen by hiring them, marketing their crafts and offering alternative business ...

Nepal - In Nepal press faces litigation for critical coverage of courts

Judicial authorities in Nepal should stop targeting outlets of the Kathmandu-based Kantipur Publications and dismiss a case filed against the organization and one of its journalists that accuses them of contempt of court, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on May 16, 2013.On Monday May 13, lawyer Anjani Kumar Pokhrel filed a case against Kantipur Publications and journalist Vijaya Kumar ...

A Himalayan flight full of fear

The pilot drops his headset. It breaks.The co-pilot leans out of the plane. With a tissue he wipes the condensation fogging the windscreen. He looks like a maverick in chrome aviators and a leather jacket.The 16 passengers in this Tara Air plane swap worried glances. Some of them are clenching teeth, others fidgeting uneasily.As we wait anxiously for take-off on the tarmac at Kathmandu Airport, ...

Steven Craig is new UNHCR representative for Nepal

Steven Craig is new UNHCR representative for Nepal The newly-appointed UNHCR Representative in Nepal Steven Craig Sanders, presented his Letter of Credence to Minister for Foreign Affairs Madhav Prasad Ghimire on Wednesday. Sanders, an American national, has worked with the UN Refugee Agency since 1992 in a number of countries including Bangladesh, Sudan, Indonesia, Democratic Republic of ...

2 Chinese died climbing summits in Nepal

/enpproperty--> KATHMANDU - Thirty climbers from China, 24 male and 6 female have been registered to scale various summits this spring but two of them have already died, officials said on Wednesday. Li Xiaoshi, 58, from Taiwan, died while attempting the 8,516-meter-tall Lhotse Mountain. ...

Indian woman becomes first female amputee to climb Mount Everest

Arunima Sinha, 26, from the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, reached the peak on Tuesday morning after a slow climb from Everest Base ...

Octogenarians race to be oldest Everest climber

In this Friday, May 17, 2013 photo distributed by Miura Dolphins, 80-year-old Japanese adventurer Yuichiro Miura, right, and his son, Gota, rest on their way to a camp at 6,500 meters (21,325 feet) from a camp at 6,050 meters (19,849 feet) during their attempt to scale the summit of Mount Everest. According to his management office, Miura plans to reach the 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) peak on ...

Nepal living goddess a local oddity

"It sounds far more complicated than choosing a new Pope," says a visitor from Australia as our guide outlines elaborate, fascinating and strictly observed rituals preceding the appointment of Kathmandu's "living goddess".A sweet-natured young girl is usually selected to become a goddess, a child whose tantrums are rare and who can be counted on to smile demurely at those ...