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Dawa Sherpa moved out of ICU, set for discharge as new details reveal he was a cook sent to Camp IV due to guide shortage
9 June 2026Dawa Sherpa, the Sherpa guide who survived seven days alone in Everest's death zone without food or bottled oxygen, is on the verge of being discharged from HAMS Hospital in Kathmandu after being moved out of the intensive care unit to a general ward, marking a remarkable recovery that has drawn renewed calls for accountability from Nepal's mountaineering community.
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ClimbingNNMGA 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.
