Rope-fixing teams for the Autumn 2026 climbing season on Ama Dablam and Himlung Himal have been formally sent off by the Expedition Operators Association Nepal (EOAN).
Twenty-nine participants of the second Summer Skill Course for Professional Mountain Guide Training have successfully summited 6,355-metre Danga Peak in the Kanchenjunga region of Taplejung after completing practical glacier training.
Manaslu has emerged as the clear centre of Nepal’s autumn mountaineering season, accounting for 493 of the 579 climbers recorded on 11 peaks so far, according to the Department of Tourism.
A foreign climber and his Sherpa guide were found dead inside a tent at the high camp on Mt Manaslu this morning after hundreds of climbers retreated to base camp following adverse weather on the world’s eighth-highest mountain, officials said.