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The Everest Dream Gets Costlier As Nepal Hikes Permit Fee For Climbers
The already costly dream of conquering Mount Everest is going to get more expensive for mountaineers, as Nepal is planning to hike the permit fees for climbing the world's tallest peak by more than 35 per cent.
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Wipro Likely To Skip Pay Hikes For Top Performers In Key Business Line: Report
Wipro may skip giving hikes to "top performers with higher compensation" in its largest business line in the upcoming round of salary revisions in December, according to an internal memo: Report
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US Climber Achieves Rare Everest 'Triple Crown' As Death Count Reaches 12
A renowned US mountain guide has achieved the rare Mount Everest region "triple crown" of climbing the Everest, Lhotse and Nuptse peaks in one season, a hiking firm said on Friday, as the season's death count on the world's highest mountain hit 12.
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Nepal Sherpa Becomes World's 2nd Person To Scale Mount Everest 26 Times
A Nepali sherpa guide climbed Mount Everest for the 26th time on Sunday, hiking officials said, becoming the worlds second person to achieve the feat.
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How A 4-Year Old Became The Youngest Asian To Reach Everest's Base Camp
For the past 10 years, Advit's mother Shweta Golechha hiked and trekked. When she was pregnant with her son in 2017, she decided that Advit would become the youngest in the world to reach the Everest Base Camp.
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United States And Hong Kong Climbers Set New Records On Mount Everest
Climbers from the United States and Hong Kong have set new records as they scaled Mount Everest this week, hiking officials said on Friday.
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Nepali Sherpa Summits Mount Everest For A Record 22nd Time
A 48-year-old Nepali mountaineer climbed Mount Everest for a 22nd time on Wednesday, creating a new record for the most summits of the world's highest mountain, hiking officials said.
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Fake Mountaineering Feats Puts A Question On Mount Everest Ascents
Satyarup Siddhanta only discovered he was at the centre of an Everest fraud when he spotted news of a couple whose false claim to have scaled the world's highest peak has set off a debate about how mountaineering feats are authenticated.
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Pop-Up Restaurant On Mount Everest: Unbelievable But True
For food lovers there are no set boundaries and this saying goes hand in hand for Chef James Sharman, protg of Tom Aikens and Chef de Partie at Noma in Copenhagen, who will be presenting a series of pop-up dinners. The next one is, hold your breath, at Mount Everest. Yes, you heard that right.
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Nepal Earthquakes Caused Minimal Damage to Everest Trails: Study
Most lodges and hiking trails near Mount Everest suffered only minimal damage during two devastating earthquakes in Nepal this year, according to a government-commissioned report that will offer some hope to a battered tourism industry.
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Hunt for 100 Trekkers Missing After Deadly Nepal Storm
Nepalese rescuers on Thursday scoured Himalayan hiking routes for more than 100 trekkers who have been out of contact since a snowstorm and avalanche that have killed around 32 people, including foreign tourists and guides.
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Nepal Hikes Insurance for Sherpas after Everest Avalanche
Foreign mountaineers will have to spend more for the insurance cover of their Sherpa guides to climb any Himalayan peak in Nepal including Mount Everest, the government said.
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More than 500 Foreign Hikers Rescued after Deadly Landslide in Nepal
More than 500 foreign tourists and their guides have been rescued after a deadly landslide in Nepal blocked a major highway, leaving them stranded in a border town over the weekend, Nepali hiking officials said on Monday.
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Fresh avalanches dash last hopes for blighted Everest season
Fresh ice avalanches struck on a perilous route where 16 Everest sherpas were killed last week, hiking officials said on Friday, making it almost certain that no one will summit the world's highest mountain from Nepal during this year's climbing season.
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More ropes to ease Mount Everest traffic jam
Nepalese climbing specialists will fix a second rope at the Hillary Step, a dangerous "death zone" bottleneck near the Mount Everest summit, to ease congestion on the world's highest mountain, a hiking group said on Thursday.
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The Everest Dream Gets Costlier As Nepal Hikes Permit Fee For Climbers
The already costly dream of conquering Mount Everest is going to get more expensive for mountaineers, as Nepal is planning to hike the permit fees for climbing the world's tallest peak by more than 35 per cent.
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Wipro Likely To Skip Pay Hikes For Top Performers In Key Business Line: Report
Wipro may skip giving hikes to "top performers with higher compensation" in its largest business line in the upcoming round of salary revisions in December, according to an internal memo: Report
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US Climber Achieves Rare Everest 'Triple Crown' As Death Count Reaches 12
A renowned US mountain guide has achieved the rare Mount Everest region "triple crown" of climbing the Everest, Lhotse and Nuptse peaks in one season, a hiking firm said on Friday, as the season's death count on the world's highest mountain hit 12.
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Nepal Sherpa Becomes World's 2nd Person To Scale Mount Everest 26 Times
A Nepali sherpa guide climbed Mount Everest for the 26th time on Sunday, hiking officials said, becoming the worlds second person to achieve the feat.
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How A 4-Year Old Became The Youngest Asian To Reach Everest's Base Camp
For the past 10 years, Advit's mother Shweta Golechha hiked and trekked. When she was pregnant with her son in 2017, she decided that Advit would become the youngest in the world to reach the Everest Base Camp.
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United States And Hong Kong Climbers Set New Records On Mount Everest
Climbers from the United States and Hong Kong have set new records as they scaled Mount Everest this week, hiking officials said on Friday.
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Nepali Sherpa Summits Mount Everest For A Record 22nd Time
A 48-year-old Nepali mountaineer climbed Mount Everest for a 22nd time on Wednesday, creating a new record for the most summits of the world's highest mountain, hiking officials said.
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Fake Mountaineering Feats Puts A Question On Mount Everest Ascents
Satyarup Siddhanta only discovered he was at the centre of an Everest fraud when he spotted news of a couple whose false claim to have scaled the world's highest peak has set off a debate about how mountaineering feats are authenticated.
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Pop-Up Restaurant On Mount Everest: Unbelievable But True
For food lovers there are no set boundaries and this saying goes hand in hand for Chef James Sharman, protg of Tom Aikens and Chef de Partie at Noma in Copenhagen, who will be presenting a series of pop-up dinners. The next one is, hold your breath, at Mount Everest. Yes, you heard that right.
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Nepal Earthquakes Caused Minimal Damage to Everest Trails: Study
Most lodges and hiking trails near Mount Everest suffered only minimal damage during two devastating earthquakes in Nepal this year, according to a government-commissioned report that will offer some hope to a battered tourism industry.
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Hunt for 100 Trekkers Missing After Deadly Nepal Storm
Nepalese rescuers on Thursday scoured Himalayan hiking routes for more than 100 trekkers who have been out of contact since a snowstorm and avalanche that have killed around 32 people, including foreign tourists and guides.
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Nepal Hikes Insurance for Sherpas after Everest Avalanche
Foreign mountaineers will have to spend more for the insurance cover of their Sherpa guides to climb any Himalayan peak in Nepal including Mount Everest, the government said.
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More than 500 Foreign Hikers Rescued after Deadly Landslide in Nepal
More than 500 foreign tourists and their guides have been rescued after a deadly landslide in Nepal blocked a major highway, leaving them stranded in a border town over the weekend, Nepali hiking officials said on Monday.
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Fresh avalanches dash last hopes for blighted Everest season
Fresh ice avalanches struck on a perilous route where 16 Everest sherpas were killed last week, hiking officials said on Friday, making it almost certain that no one will summit the world's highest mountain from Nepal during this year's climbing season.
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More ropes to ease Mount Everest traffic jam
Nepalese climbing specialists will fix a second rope at the Hillary Step, a dangerous "death zone" bottleneck near the Mount Everest summit, to ease congestion on the world's highest mountain, a hiking group said on Thursday.
