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Nepal Teen, Youngest To Scale 14 Tallest Peaks, Says Sherpas Deserve Better
A Nepali teenager, the youngest person ever to scale all 14 of the world's tallest peaks, says he wants to use his skills to benefit the Himalayan nation's Sherpa community and turn out world-class athletes.
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Royal Enfield Guerrilla 450 Launched In India; Prices Start At Rs. 2.39 Lakh
After a tantalising wait, the Royal Enfield Guerrilla 450 finally goes on sale in India. It is the second model after the Himalayan, to be based on the Sherpa 450 engine platform.
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Ang Rita Sherpa, 10-Time Everester, Who Was Known As 'Snow Leopard', Dies
Ang Rita Sherpa, the famous Himalayan climber, died on Monday. He was 72. Popularly known as 'Snow Leopard, Ang Rita Sherpa had won several awards as a an extremely successful climber. He received the Sir Edmund Hillary Mountain Legacy Medal in 2011 for his efforts towards conservation of the fragile Himalayan ecology.
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Coronavirus Casts Shadow Over Mt Everest, Sherpas' Livelihood Under Threat
The Himalayan hilltown of Khumjung should be bustling ahead of Everest's climbing season, but the coronavirus has forced the shut down of the world's tallest mountain and threatened the livelihood of the famed local Sherpas.
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Europe's Last 'Sherpas' Race Up Slovak Peak
A local mountain guide carrying 100 kilograms on his back was first up a Slovak mountain in a race celebrating the last remaining "sherpas" in Europe, who supply mountain huts with whatever they can carry on their backs.
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Earthquake-Hit Nepal Opens Everest for Autumn Season
Nepal Sunday opened Everest for the autumn season, granting its first climbing permit four months after a deadly earthquake triggered an avalanche at its base camp.
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Google Launches Virtual Tour of Nepal's Everest Region
Google launched a virtual tour of Nepal's Everest region on today, allowing armchair tourists a rare glimpse of life in one of the toughest and most inaccessible places on earth.
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Nepal Hikes Insurance for Sherpas after Everest Avalanche
Foreign mountaineers will have to spend more for the insurance cover of their Sherpa guides to climb any Himalayan peak in Nepal including Mount Everest, the government said.
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Nepal opens peaks named after Hillary, Tenzing to foreign climbers
Nepal has named two Himalayan peaks near Mount Everest after Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and opened them to foreigners for climbing.
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Everest tragedy exposes big business behind noble pursuit
Blogging from Everest base camp after 16 sherpas were killed by an avalanche, American climber Ed Marzec lamented: "I am shamed by our greed and embarrassed by our lack of compassion."
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Nepal Teen, Youngest To Scale 14 Tallest Peaks, Says Sherpas Deserve Better
A Nepali teenager, the youngest person ever to scale all 14 of the world's tallest peaks, says he wants to use his skills to benefit the Himalayan nation's Sherpa community and turn out world-class athletes.
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Royal Enfield Guerrilla 450 Launched In India; Prices Start At Rs. 2.39 Lakh
After a tantalising wait, the Royal Enfield Guerrilla 450 finally goes on sale in India. It is the second model after the Himalayan, to be based on the Sherpa 450 engine platform.
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Ang Rita Sherpa, 10-Time Everester, Who Was Known As 'Snow Leopard', Dies
Ang Rita Sherpa, the famous Himalayan climber, died on Monday. He was 72. Popularly known as 'Snow Leopard, Ang Rita Sherpa had won several awards as a an extremely successful climber. He received the Sir Edmund Hillary Mountain Legacy Medal in 2011 for his efforts towards conservation of the fragile Himalayan ecology.
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Coronavirus Casts Shadow Over Mt Everest, Sherpas' Livelihood Under Threat
The Himalayan hilltown of Khumjung should be bustling ahead of Everest's climbing season, but the coronavirus has forced the shut down of the world's tallest mountain and threatened the livelihood of the famed local Sherpas.
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Europe's Last 'Sherpas' Race Up Slovak Peak
A local mountain guide carrying 100 kilograms on his back was first up a Slovak mountain in a race celebrating the last remaining "sherpas" in Europe, who supply mountain huts with whatever they can carry on their backs.
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Earthquake-Hit Nepal Opens Everest for Autumn Season
Nepal Sunday opened Everest for the autumn season, granting its first climbing permit four months after a deadly earthquake triggered an avalanche at its base camp.
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Google Launches Virtual Tour of Nepal's Everest Region
Google launched a virtual tour of Nepal's Everest region on today, allowing armchair tourists a rare glimpse of life in one of the toughest and most inaccessible places on earth.
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Nepal Hikes Insurance for Sherpas after Everest Avalanche
Foreign mountaineers will have to spend more for the insurance cover of their Sherpa guides to climb any Himalayan peak in Nepal including Mount Everest, the government said.
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Nepal opens peaks named after Hillary, Tenzing to foreign climbers
Nepal has named two Himalayan peaks near Mount Everest after Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and opened them to foreigners for climbing.
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Everest tragedy exposes big business behind noble pursuit
Blogging from Everest base camp after 16 sherpas were killed by an avalanche, American climber Ed Marzec lamented: "I am shamed by our greed and embarrassed by our lack of compassion."
