A fire broke out at a lodge in Annapurna Base Camp (4,130m) on Tuesday afternoon, destroying property but causing no human casualties, according to reports circulating on social media and local sources.
Nepal has issued climbing permits to 82 mountaineers across 10 expedition teams in the first 25 days of the spring climbing season, collecting $124,050 (approximately NPR 18.4 million) in royalties, according to data released by the Department of Tourism under the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation.
Norwegian mountaineer Kristin Harila, who holds the record for the fastest ascent of all 14 eight-thousanders, is set to return to Nepal within a week for one of her most ambitious challenges yet — an attempt to summit Nuptse, Lhotse, and Everest without supplemental oxygen.