A deadly avalanche on Yalung Ri that killed seven climbers and injured five others has exposed critical flaws in Nepal's emergency response system, with survivors and officials blaming a labyrinthine government approval process for critically delaying rescue efforts.
There has been a lot of confusion around the avalanche occurred Monday on Yalung Ri. I am just tired to see all the cheap media reporting, it looks like copied paste non sense and presumption without verified facts (again and again).
A team of Russian climbers and Nepali Sherpa guides successfully reached the summit of Mt Ama Dablam (6,812m) on Tuesday, according to the expedition organizer 14 Peaks Expedition.
Six climbers from Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Nepal successfully reached the 6,814-meter summit of Mt. Ama Dablam on Tuesday, according to IAM Trekking & Expeditions.
A team of four International Federation of Mountain Guides Associations (IFMGA) guides reached the base camp of Yalung Ri peak in the Rolwaling region today to search for climbers buried in a massive avalanche on November 3.
At least seven climbers, including three from Italy and one each from France and Germany, have been confirmed dead after an avalanche on Yalung Ri peak in the Rolwaling region.
The Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) and its President Phur Gelje Sherpa have brought Nepal’s mountaineering vision to the global stage, raising key agendas at the General Assembly of the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA) held in Peja, Kosovo, from October 23 to 26.
A team of trained mountain guides conducting a search and recovery mission on Yalung Ri Peak since November 5 said that they have not yet found any substantial evidence to locate the climbers buried in a massive avalanche on November 3.
Two senior high-altitude rescue experts from Switzerland and Italy along with senior IFMGA Nepali guide departed for Yalung Ri peak in the Rolwaling valley on Thursday to aid in the search and recovery of climbers buried in a November 3 avalanche.
In a significant achievement for Himalayan exploration, climbers have set foot for the first time on Chhuama Peak III (6,268m), a previously unclimbed summit rising near Namdo village in Lomanthang Rural Municipality–4, Upper Mustang.