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Everest route fixed to Camp II; Acclimatisation rotations to begin
28 April 2026The joint team of icefall doctors and expedition operators has completed route fixing all the way to Camp II on Mt. Everest, clearing the final obstacle in a season-opening effort that had kept hundreds of climbers waiting at Base Camp for the better part of two weeks.
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ClimbingKhumbu Icefall route opens; Joint team reaches Camp I
28 April 2026The Khumbu Icefall route on Mt. Everest has been opened after days of mounting tension at Base Camp, with a joint team of 13 mountain guides from the Expedition Operators Association of Nepal (EOAN) and eight icefall doctors from the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC) reaching Camp I on Tuesday morning.
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ClimbingImagine Nepal team pushes through icefall, reaches near camp I as route debate continues
27 April 2026A five-member Sherpa team from Imagine Nepal, Elite Expeditions, and Altipro, joined by Polish mountaineer Bartek Ziemski, climbed above the contested ice blockage in the Khumbu Icefall on Sunday and fixed ladders and ropes toward Camp I, in what marks the most significant progress on the stalled Everest route since the season's opening was delayed.
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Travel & LeisurePATA Annual Summit 2026 to convene in South Korea in May
27 April 2026The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Annual Summit 2026 (PAS 2026) will be held across the South Korean cities of Gyeongju and Pohang from May 11 to 14, co-hosted by Gyeongsangbuk-do Province and the Gyeongsangbuk-do Culture and Tourism Organisation (GCTO).
