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Unclimbed no more: Korean Alpine Federation makes history on Sat Peak
3 May 2026A three-member team from the Korean Alpine Federation has made history on Sat Peak (6,220m), completing the first-ever recorded ascent of the unclimbed peak in Nepal's Kanchenjunga region on Friday afternoon — planting a flag on a summit no human had stood on before.
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ClimbingNMA recovers unidentified body from Khumbu Icefall in coordinated Everest operation
3 May 2026The Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) has successfully recovered an unidentified climber's body from the Khumbu Icefall section of the Everest climbing route and transported it to Kathmandu for forensic identification, in a multi-agency operation concluded on May 2, 2026.
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ClimbingNepal earns Rs 1.16 billion in royalties as Spring 2026 season draws 1,050 climbers across 29 peaks
2 May 2026Nepal has issued climbing permits to 1,050 mountaineers across 125 teams for 29 peaks during the Spring 2026 season, collecting royalties of USD 7,840,671 — approximately Rs 1.16 billion — according to the Department of Tourism's royalty report covering March 1 to April 30, 2026.
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ClimbingMakalu Lakpa scripts history again — nine summits on his mountain, three eight-thousanders in one spring
2 May 2026Lakpa Sherpa, the man the mountaineering world knows simply as Makalu Lakpa, has done it again. At 5:00 am on Saturday, he stood on the summit of Mt. Makalu (8,485m) for the ninth time — extending his own world record for the most ascents of the fifth highest mountain on earth.
