Everest Chronicle

19/10/2025

.abiral, an IFMGA-certified mountain guide and mountaineering instructor, has successfully summited Carstensz Pyramid (4,884 m)—the highest mountain peak on an island—becoming the first person from the Rai community to achieve this feat.

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19/10/2025

Mount Pathibhara sees historic first ascent. Chilean climber Hernon David Leal Barrientos and team of Sherpa climbers conquer 6,668m peak in Nepal’s Kanchenjunga region as government initiative opens unclimbed summits to global mountaineers.

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18/10/2025

Nepal’s autumn climbing season sees steady surge in global interest. Tourism Department’s data shows steady influx of climbers in autumn season, as improved logistics, diverse peaks, and trained guides help reshape Nepal’s mountaineering calendar beyond the traditional spring

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18/10/2025

Abiral Rai, an IFMGA-certified mountain guide and mountaineering instructor, continues his Seven Summits journey, making history for the Rai community along the way.

The IFMGA-certified mountain guide and mountaineering instructor continues his Seven Summits journey while making history for the Rai community.

18/10/2025

Chilean climber Leal and Nepali Sherpa climbers conquer 6,668m peak in Nepal’s Kanchenjunga region as government initiative opens unclimbed summits to global mountaineers.

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Chilean climber Hernán Leal and team conquer 6,668m peak in Nepal’s Kanchenjunga region as government initiative opens unclimbed summits to global mountaineers.

18/10/2025

Money Menace: As monkeys descend from starving forests to raid farms, a quiet crisis unfolds across Nepal’s mid-hills—forcing families to abandon the land they once called home.

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18/10/2025

MONKEY MENACE: As monkeys descend from starving forests to raid farms, a quiet crisis unfolds across Nepal’s mid-hills—forcing families to abandon the land they once called home. Precious little has been done to tackle the menace

As monkeys descend from starving forests to raid farms, a quiet crisis unfolds across Nepal’s mid-hills—forcing families to abandon the land they once called ho...

17/10/2025

Nepal’s spring climbing season draws the highest number of mountaineers, largely because most expeditions to Mount Everest and its neighboring peaks are scheduled during that period.

But a new government data shows the country’s autumn season is increasingly attracting climbers, signaling a shift in global mountaineering trends.

Tourism Department’s data shows steady influx of climbers in autumn season, as improved logistics, diverse peaks, and trained guides help reshape Nepal’s mounta...

16/10/2025

Kancha Sherpa, the last living member of the 1953 British Mount Everest Expedition that made the first successful ascent of the world's highest peak, passed away early Thursday morning at his residence in Kapan, Kathmandu. He was 92.

Kanchha Sherpa was part of the historic team that supported Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's first successful ascent of Mount Everest.

06/10/2025

At least 60 people have been killed in Nepal after incessant monsoon rains triggered devastating landslides and floods across several parts of the country. A foreign national died in Mera Peak and Namche-Gokyo trekking route damaged in several sections

Nepal Police confirmed the death toll and added that at least four individuals remain missing. They were swept away by the Pering stream near Ghodatabela, a sto...

06/10/2025

At least four Nepali trekkers are reported to have been swept away by the Bering stream near Ghodatabela, a stopover point along the Langtang trekking route. This was posted by one of the Nepali trekkers on Sunday, in which he says four individuals were swept away by the stream.
The ground had set out on their trek despite a government alert warning of heavy rainfall from October 3 to 5.
According to Dhindu Lama, ward chairperson of Gosaikunda Rural Municipality (a local governing body) the search and rescue team found a backpack cover and two umbrellas about 300 meter downstream
Meanwhile, a Korean climber, Taejun Park, 46, and his guide, Tamba Sherpa, went missing since Saturday. An aerial search team located them at an altitude of 6,400 meters, but the Korean climber could not be saved.

26/09/2025

American ultra-runner and mountaineer Tyler Andrews has aborted his latest attempt to summit Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, turning back from Camp IV due to deep snow.

This marked Andrews’ fifth attempt to break the no-oxygen speed ascent record on Everest.

American mountaineer Tyler Andrews turns back from Camp IV on fifth no-oxygen speed ascent bid, citing deep snow and worsening conditions.