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NNMGA launches second component of IFMGA-accredited Aspirant Guide Course in Kathmandu
8 June 2026The Nepal National Mountain Guide Association (NNMGA) has commenced the second component of its IFMGA-accredited Aspirant Guide Course (AGC) 2025/26, marking another step in Nepal's effort to produce internationally certified mountain guiding professionals.
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ClimbingNMA demands accountability over Dawa Sherpa's abandonment on Everest, urges operators to uphold duty of care
5 June 2026The Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) has called on the government to establish an independent investigation committee into the circumstances that left Sherpa guide Dawa Sherpa alone in Everest's death zone for seven days, while also visiting him at HAMS Hospital where he remains in the ICU in stable condition.
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ClimbingNims Purja makes it 56 ascents of 8,000ers, 28 without O2 as former Miss Russia scales Makalu
5 June 2026Record-holding Nepali-British climber Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja scaled Mount Makalu without using supplemental oxygen, completing his 56th ascent of mountains above 8,000m—and his 28th without using O₂.
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ClimbingEverest survivor Dawa Sherpa stable as HAMS Hospital confirms frostbite, fracture and severe dehydration
5 June 2026Dawa Sherpa, the Sherpa guide who survived seven days alone on Mount Everest without food or bottled oxygen, is in the intensive care unit at HAMS Hospital in Kathmandu, where doctors say his condition remains stable and his dehydration is showing significant improvement.
