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Gelje Sherpa scales Cho You from Tibet side becoming seventh Nepali climber to join the elite club of 14 peaks climbers while 17-year-old Nima Rinji Sherpa sets a record of the youngest to climb 10 mountains above 8,000.
https://everestchronicle.com/gelje-sherpa-joins-the-14-peak-club/
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Pemba Gelje Sherpa finishes his speed climb of Mount Manaslu in 12 hours without oxygen – one hour ahead of the previous record, setting a world record in the world’s eighth highest peak.
https://everestchronicle.com/nepali-climber-pemba-gyalje-sherpa-creates-speed-climb-record-in-manaslu/
American climber Chris Warner successfully summited Mount Manaslu (8,163m) becoming the second American to scale all 14 peaks above 8,000 meters
https://everestchronicle.com/manaslu2023/
Norwegian climber Kristin Harila and her climbing companion Tenjen Sherpa aka Lama summited all 14 peaks above 8000m in 92 days, exactly half the time of the current record of the fastest climb of 14 peaks by Nirmal Pujra Nimsdai.
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Nima Rinji Sherpa Sherpa from Sankhuwasabha in Nepal scaled Nanga Parbat (8,126m) on Monday becoming the youngest person in the world to scale the Killer Mountain
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Six-time Everest summiteer Dawa Ongju Sherpa has made 38 ascents of 8,000m mountains. In 2022, he led Kristin Harila’s 14-peak expedition along with Pasdawa Sherpa. The duo of Pasdawa and Dawa Ongju aimed to complete ascent of all 14 peaks above 8000m in 2023 independently to clinch the coveted membership of the 14 peak club. Their journey, however, has come to an unexpected halt as the Chinese embassy in Kathmandu canceled their visa two days after they were issued in April.
Dawa Ongju Sherpa shares his experience of leading 12 expeditions back-to-back for Kristin Harila, and about the recent developments about his 14 peak dream.
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With this, he has regained the title of most Everest summit. On Monday, another famed climber Pasang Dawa Sherpa, 46, had equalized the record.
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In 2010, Buddha had lost his legs while fighting against Taliban forces in Afghanistan. Born in 1979 in the district of Rolpa, Nepal, Budha had joined the British force in 1999. He was injured in Afghanistan in the course of regular patrolling in 2010.
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Nepali guide Kami Rita Sherpa and British climber Kenton Cool set new records breaking their own record for the most Everest summits. Kami Rita scaled the world’s highest peak for 27 times and Kenton Coll 17 times, the highest number of summits by any foreign climber.
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Nepal Army team scales Everest, the team will be locating dead bodies and retrieve some of them on their way down.
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Pasang Dawa Sherpa, who stood atop Everest at 9:06 am on Sunday, has become the second Nepali guide to scale the world’s highest mountain 26 times.
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Over 400 climbers left basecamp for higher camp early Friday morning aiming to reach the summit of Everest by May 14, right after the rope fixing team opens route to the summit.
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Nepali guides Dawa Ongju Sherpa and Pasdawa Sherpa, who summited 12 eight-thousanders in 148 days along with Kristin Harila in 2022, recently got their Chinese visa canceled at the last minute, without an explanation.
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Kristin Harila scales Shishapangma. Now, Cho Oyu is the only remaining peak to climb for her to join the 14 peak club
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With China lifting its international travel restrictions, Nepal has seen a huge surge in Chinese climbers for Everest this year. 96 Everest aspirants from China got their permit from Nepal this year, taking the total number of Everest permit for 2023 to 454.
https://everestchronicle.com/nepal-issues-a-record-454-permits-for-everest/
Paragliding from Everest has always been controversial as Nepali authorities maintain that a permit is required for gliding off of it although Nepal has not taken any action against a single person who flew from Everest so far.
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An Indian climber Anurag Maloo, who went missing from April 17, has been rescued from a depth of 300 meter below the crevasse where he had fallen off at a height of 5,600 m in Annapurna, said his expedition organizer.
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Irish climber dies on Annapurna, while Indian climber Baljeet Kaur is being rescued from an altitude of 7,363m. Rescuers are trying to locate another Indian climbers Arjun Bajpai and Anurag Maloo
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After weeks of delay due to harsh weather, scores of climbers stood atop Annapurna (8091m) early on Saturday morning, making it the season's first ascent of the 8,091m peak in Nepal
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A huge serac collapse triggered avalanche in the Khumbu Icefall sweeping 3 Sherpa guides with it. The damaged route has been fixed immediately, but the guides remain missing as rescue mission fails to locate them.
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Kristin Harila set to start her 14-peak mission from Shishapangma. She will climb Cho Oyu and Shishapangma twice – to complete the achievement of climbing the 14 highest peaks twice, a feat only Sanu Sherpa has achieved. She also wants to summit all 14 peaks above 8,000m in a record time without using bottled oxygen.
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Icefall doctors have cleared the route up to Camp II of Everest from base camp through the Khumbu icefall, the next phase of rope fixing set to begin on April 10.
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Norwegian climber Kristin Harila is on her way to Manaslu in a fresh bid to claim the title of 14 peak speed record.
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Manaslu sees its second successful winter summit with seven climbers making it to its top this winter.
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Nepal's attempt to open route to the summit of Cho Oyu (8,188m) gets cancelled second year in a row due to strong wind. The exploration team of Nepali mountaineers fixed the line upto 7,300m, while climbers had reached up to Camp III (7,100) before retreat.
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The rope fixing team has opened the route to the summit of Ama Dablam (6,812m) for autumn season, but loses one of its members on descent
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Nepali mountaineers have reached camp III of Cho Oyu in an attempt to open route to the mountain from Nepal side. Two major avalanches in the Advance Base Camp and below Camp II delays the attempt
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Norwegian climber Kristin Harila, who has climbed 12 peaks in 147 days, wants to complete her 14 peak mission in 161 days to smash the speed record set by legendary climber Nimsdai.
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Three Nepali climbers and a Taiwanese mountaineer Tseng Ko-Erh aka Grace Tseng reach the summit of Manaslu on Monday morning
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In fear of potential disaster, climbers have started calling off expeditions as weather conditions continue to worsen in Manaslu region.
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Manaslu Avalanche
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The avalanche triggered by massive snowfall in the night destroyed more than 35 tents. Massive snowfall was reported around the Manaslu area. No human casualty reporter so far.
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Dead body of famed mountain skier Hilaree Nelson being cremated at Swyambhu of Kathmandu. She died felling of a cliff in Manaslu.
16-year-old Nima Rinji Sherpa from Sankhuwasabha in Nepal scaled Manaslu (8,163m) on Friday morning becoming the youngest person in the world to scale the mountain. Tashi Lakpa Sherpa
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Despite two deaths, avalanche, continuous snowfall and high wind on the mountain, hundreds of climbers head up to the summit of while a few have postponed the expeditions.
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Legendary big-mountain skier Hilaree Nelson has been found dead on southern slope of Manaslu (8,163M), around 2,000 feet below the peak
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Follow up on incident
Rescue mission in Manaslu evacuated all avalanche survivors while Hilaree Nelson is still missing on the mountain. Manaslu avalanche killed one guide and injured 13 climbers right below Camp IV of the world's eighth highest mountain
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Legendary mountain skier and North Face Athlete Hilaree Nelson is missing since Monday morning as she was making a ski descent after summiting Manaslu. Her partner Jim Morrison, who was few meter ahead of her, made it to the base camp in the evening
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A massive avalanche in Manaslu occurred between Camp III and IV Monday morning, killing one guide and injuring 13 climbers, the department of tourism confirmed. Two critically injured are airlifted to Kathmandu for treatment while two other are to be evacuated from the mountain.
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Manaslu Avalanche 📷 Tashi Lakpa Sherpa
Dead body of famed mountain skier Hilaree Nelson being cremated at Swyambhu of Kathmandu. She died felling of a cliff in Manaslu.
Chhiring Sherpa took the video of the avalanche that came crashing down through the Messenger Route in Nanga Parbat on Saturday, Nepali team decided to cancel the expedition Report : https://everestchronicle.com/mingma-g-team-call-off-nanga-parbat-expedition/
Aerial view of the Karakoram during rescue operation of Shehroze Kashif & Fazal Ali where the weather is nasty. Rescue helicopter returned to Gilgit-Baltistan at 5pm after two failed attempts to reach stranded Pakistani climbers Shehroze Kashif and Fazal Ali at Nanga Parbat, search operation will continue tomorrow. Video by Gelje Sherpa from who is part of the rescue team. Read the details of the operation at https://everestchronicle.com/rescue-operation-for-pakistani-climbers-called-off-for-the-day/ .
Avalanche in Upper Mustang, Nepal. Video source: Smirti Roka
Sherpas fixing rope to Manaslu summit
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