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Pandemic shuts down Everest as Nepal suspends permits
Nepal's move comes a day after China barred access from its side
China shuts down Mount Everest over coronavirus
The Nepal side remains open for now although some expedition operators have seen cancellations and climbers have been asked to submit a 14-day travel history and medical reports
Trash from the top of the world handed over for recycling in Nepal
The 14-strong team sent by Nepal spends about 6 weeks scouring for litter from base camp to Camp 4 – nearly 8,000 meters up – scraping together empty cans, bottles, plastic and discarded climbing gear
Climbers who died on Indian peak took path without permission
'This mountain range is more difficult to scale than Mount Everest. They knowingly risked their lives after changing their plans without informing the authorities,' says an official involved in the operation
Why a deadly shadow hangs over Everest summit
Questions are being asked about how to police the world's highest peak after the deadliest climbing season in years
4 bodies, 10 tons of rubbish collected from Mount Everest
Global warming means melting glaciers are revealing human remains and rubbish, which have gathered over decades of commercial mountaineering
Everest 'traffic jam' survivor calls for tougher rules
Ten people are dead in a little more than two weeks after poor weather cut the climbing window at Everest, leaving mountaineers waiting in long queues to the summit, risking exhaustion and running out of oxygen
'Traffic jam' on Everest as two more climbers die reaching summit
An American and Indian climber are the latest fatalities, their expedition organisers say, on one of the busiest-ever days on the the 8,848-meter peak
First black African woman makes landmark Everest summit
Saray Khumalo reaches the 'roof of the world' in her fourth attempt after 3 previous bids were thwarted by bad weather, injury, and tragedy
3 tons of rubbish collected from Mount Everest
Fluorescent tents, discarded climbing equipment, empty gas canisters and even human excrement litter the well-trodden route to the summit of the 29,029-foot peak
3 killed in aircraft runway accident near Everest
At least 3 people were injured after a small plane hit helicopters near Mount Everest
Nepal sending team to clean Mount Everest
A 14-member team will be sent to Everest base camp from April 25 and aim to bring back 10,000 kilograms or 11 tons of trash
World's highest ER battles to save lives on Everest
The doctors staffing the sole emergency room on the roof of the world battle high altitude, freezing conditions, and violent weather every climbing season to save the lives of sick and injured mountaineers
Two Sherpa guides killed on Everest
Since the first British expedition tried and failed to reach Everest's summit in 1921, the mountain has claimed 295 lives, according to the Himalayan Database
Nepal bans solo climbers from Everest
The ban is likely to anger elite solo mountaineers who enjoy the challenge of climbing alone
Host-boxing instructor Vince Velasco airlifted from Mt Everest
The host boxing instructor cuts his Everest climb short and is taken to the ICU
American climber dies on Everest, Indian missing
The 50 year old American mountaineer died close to the Balcony a small platform above the 8 000 meter mark considered the death zone
85-year-old dies on Everest during world record bid
Min Bahadur Sherchan who was once the oldest human to climb Mount Everest wanted to break his own record during the attempt
Indian couple fakes Everest climb pics, gets banned
Nepal has imposed a 10 year mountaineering ban on an Indian couple who faked photographs purporting to show them at the top of Mount Everest an official says
Everest rescuers abandon recovery of Indian climbers' bodies
Rescuers find the corpses of the climbers but are unable to bring them back due to bad weather
Hope and relief as Everest season draws to a close
Hundreds of mountaineers have reached the summit of Everest in recent weeks drawing a line under two years of tragedy on the world s highest peak
Australian and Dutch climbers die after Everest summit
Since the first summit of Everest in 1953 more than 300 people most of them Nepali have died on Everest and Lhotse which share the same route until Camp 3
Nepal extends Everest climbing permits after quake
The South Asian country hopes to revive its mountaineering industry after the devastating 2015 earthquake
Nepal may ban disabled climbers from Everest
The proposal comes 5 months after an avalanche triggered by a massive earthquake killed 18 people at Everest base camp
Japanese climber attempting Mount Everest summit turns back
Thirty three year old Nobokazu Kuriki is the only mountaineer pursuing the summit this year
Nepal's 'ice doctors' risk all for sole Everest hopeful
This year Japan s Nobokazu Kuriki is the only climber planning an attempt on the summit
Mount Everest shifted southwest due to Nepal earthquake
The 7 8 magnitude quake reversed the gradual northeasterly course of the mountain Chinese state scientists say
Scientists warn Everest glaciers at risk of disappearing
Scientist: The worst case scenario shows a 99 loss in glacial mass but even if we start to slow down emissions somewhat we may still see a 70 reduction
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Nepal PM appeals for $2B to rebuild country after quakes
Prime Minister Sushil Koiralat says the administration has set up a national rehabilitation and reconstruction fund
Quake-hit Nepal denies entry to British helicopters
The 3 British helicopters are feared to damage buildings when landing in the Kathmandu valley
Nepal relief effort intensifies as toll rises to 7,557
A vast army of emergency workers is finally managing to deliver aid to stranded survivors of the massive April 25 earthquake
The day the earth shook in Nepal
I alternated between praying and screaming for my mom while holding my son tight My husband was hugging both of us The house continued to sway violently It felt like an eternity
101-year-old rescued after Nepal quake as fears grow in rural areas
The rescues are rare good news for the devastated country after officials ruled out finding more survivors buried in the ruins and the focus shifted to trying to deliver aid to thousands in remote Himalayan areas
Battle to get aid to Nepal's quake-hit mountain villages
There are reports of some areas getting repeated aid deliveries while others still receive nothing
Red tape delays Nepal quake disaster aid
The focus is shifting to delivering aid to families and others in far flung areas of the devastated nation
Nepal quake: Far-flung areas await aid, rescue
As the death toll passes 5 489 the government acknowledges that it is overwhelmed by the scale of the crisis
Nepal tells foreign rescue teams not to come – UN
The government decides it has enough foreign experts in and around the capital Kathmandu
Anger in Kathmandu as Nepal quake survivors try to leave capital
Anger surges and scuffles break out between the crowds and the columns of riot police who were sent in to try to contain the situation near parliament as people try to leave the ruined city
Aid reaches quake-hit Nepal villagers as death toll passes 5,000
UPDATED Aid finally begins reaching areas that had to fend for themselves since Saturday s April 25 7 8 magnitude quake
Nepal quake: Town near epicenter spared from destruction
In Pokhara just 73 km east of the quake s epicenter the only evidence of a disaster are a few cracked walls The township is most probably located on a solid rock base an expert says
Quake moves Kathmandu but Everest height unchanged – experts
It remains unclear whether the shifts may be large enough to necessitate adjustments to high precision world maps
Officials warn Nepal quake toll to rise further
UPDATED The death toll from the devastating earthquake has risen to 4 310 the home ministry says
Q&A: Did Kathmandu shift?
Possibly about 3 meters southward according to initial analysis of seismological data obtained from sound waves which travel through Earth after an earthquake says tectonics expert James Jackson
WATCH: Avalanche hits Everest base camp after Nepal quake
A mountaineer captures the moment the quake triggered avalanche engulfs the Everest base camp
Fearful foreigners desperate to leave Nepal quake zone
Streams of travelers are trying to leave after the devastating quake ripped apart infrastructure destroying buildings and roads and paralyzing communications
Nepal quake rescue effort ramps up, toll hits 3,200
UPDATED Tens of thousands of residents spend the night sleeping out on the streets in makeshift tents fashioned from plastic sheeting that did little to protect them from heavy overnight rains
Quake-prone Nepal: key questions and answers
Here are answers to some key questions that have emerged since the Saturday April 25 quake that killed over 2 500 people
Aftershocks terrorize Nepal; quake toll tops 2,400
3rd UPDATE Terrified residents are jolted by a 6 7 magnitude aftershock that compounds the worst disaster to hit the impoverished Himalayan nation in more than 80 years
