Joby Ogwyn jump cancelled as Nepal considers halting all expeditions for rest of year after death of 13 Sherpas on Friday A jump off the top of Everest by an American wearing a wingsuit has been cancelled following the avalanche that killed 13 people on Friday, the company planning to televise the event has said. The Discovery channel had hoped for big ratings for the stunt by Joby Ogwyn, and had scheduled...
Some want expeditions cancelled for the rest of the year as a mark of respect for the dead, but others fear loss of income The Nepalese government is considering cancelling all expeditions to the summit of Mount Everest for the rest of the year as rescuers abandoned their search for three Sherpas believed to be among 16 people killed in an avalanche on Friday . The avalanche has raised concerns in...
Survivors flown by helicopter to Kathmandu Rescuers have recovered the body of one mountain guide after an ice avalanche swept the lower slopes of Everest killing at least 13 in the deadliest accident on the world's highest mountain. Continue reading... ...
The bodies of some of the trek guides killed in an avalanche on Everest, Nepal, are removed from the morgue on Saturday. One of the Sherpas says he would like the Nepali government to promote a cancellation of all 2014's Everest treks to promote better safety. Thirteen climbers have been confirmed dead in the accident and four are still missing Continue reading... ...
Survivor tells of ominous crack in the darkness as the search continues after at least 12 people are killed Chechhee Sherpa was cooking dinner when her husband called from Everest. Just 23, Abiral Rai was working for the first time on the mountain, carrying loads for his New Zealand client in preparation for an attempt on the summit in May. He told Chechhee that he would be up at 2am on Friday to climb...
Three others injured and seven missing after avalanche caught work party as they prepared route for fee-paying western climbers An avalanche on Mount Everest early on Friday has killed at least 12 local climbers and left several others injured in what is likely to prove one of the most lethal accidents in recent history on the world's highest peak. Officials said 12 bodies had so far been recovered...
Authorities say six guides who were fixing ropes for climbers have died and nine are missing An avalanche swept the slopes of Mount Everest on Friday along a route used to ascend the world's highest peak, killing at least six Nepalese guides and leaving nine more missing, officials said. The Sherpa guides had gone early in the morning to fix the ropes for hundreds of climbers when the avalanche hit...
Election victory for BJP frontrunner could bring about readjustment in country's relations with China, US and south Asian neighbours In the heart of Kathmandu, in the narrow lanes around the famous Durbar Square, a quiet transformation is taking place. The Chinese are coming. There are the tourists almost 10% of the total visitors to Nepal in 2012 and more than eight times as many as a decade before....
International development secretary says system must be overhauled to ensure that more is done to prepare for disasters The global humanitarian aid system is being "stretched to breaking point" by climate change, war, population growth and extremism, and must be overhauled to ensure that more is done to prepare for disasters rather than merely relieve them, the British government will warn...
This is the bulge of the exploration curve: after the pioneers come the dedicated and the rich, and after them the crowds "Well, we knocked the bastard off!" So did Edmund Hillary inform the expedition leader John Hunt that he and Tenzing Norgay had conquered Everest in 29 May 1953. The Times's correspondent at Base Camp, Jan Morris, concluded later that if it mattered that the highest...
WHO certifies 11 countries polio free after three years without reporting single new case India and 10 other Asian countries have been declared free of polio, meaning the disease has been eradicated in 80% of the world. The World Health Organisation certified the south-east Asian region which includes India but excludes Afghanistan and Pakistan polio-free after three years without a single new case...
Tehseen Akhtar, accused of leading the Islamic militant organisation, is on India's list of most wanted terrorists Indian police have detained a 23-year-old accused of being the operational head of the most notorious Islamic militant organisation in the country, officials said. The arrest of Tehseen Akhtar, said to be the leader of the Indian Mujahideen terrorist network, is the latest in a string...
Plan to cut queues with new routes and ensure climbers clean up among ideas to regulate crowds on world's highest peak Nepal plans to minimise the congestion of climbers near the 8,850m (29,035ft) summit of Mount Everest, which is clogged with scores of climbers during the short window of good weather, officials said on Monday. One of the initiatives includes introducing separate fixed ropes for climbers...
With smog nearly five times worse than what caused Paris to ban cars, the capital of the supposedly pristine mountain nation of Nepal is choking. Doctor Andrew Lodge reports ...
• Nepal 141 for 5; Afghanistan 132-8 • Subash Khakurel top scores for Nepal with 56 Nepal claimed their second win at the World Twenty20, upsetting an out-of-sorts Afghanistan with a nine-run win in Chittagong. While Afghanistan have been perhaps the biggest disappointment of the first round, having initially been expected to challenge Bangladesh for Super 10 qualification, Nepal's efforts at their...
Even in the deepest oceans and rainforests we humans have left our mark. What we observe, we also destroy Ladders on Everest ? For a place already blighted by litter , fistfights and unburied dead bodies, it's not so much "health and safety" as "access all areas". Its greatest hero, Edmund Hillary, declared in 2006, two years before he died: "I think the whole attitude towards climbing Mount Everest...
Nation considers leasing Himalayan peaks to private tour companies in attempt to ease congestion Himalayan peaks could be leased to private tourism companies in an attempt to ease increasing congestion on Mount Everest, officials in Nepal have said. The proposal would involve hiring out some of the 326 Himalayan peaks that are currently open to climbers in the poor south Asian country, in an attempt...
IMF warns of danger to Qatari development model following publicity surrounding migrant construction worker deaths Qatar is likely to face higher labour costs as a result of publicity about the deaths of migrant construction workers building the infrastructure for the 2022 World Cup football tournament, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The Guardian reported in September that dozens...
Women who practise the tradition must sleep in sheds or outbuildings while on their period. They have little protection from the elements, causing some to die from illness or exposure ...
s women or does it hold them back? In a yearly festival celebrating goddess Gangamma in the south Indian city of Tirupati, men assume the form of women. Lasting a week, the town is filled with men wearing saris, mirroring the goddess' semblance. The women intensify their domestic duties, sharing the deity's feminine, creative power, known in Hinduism as 'shakti.' While goddess worship is meaningful...