Alton C Byers and Lhakpa Sonam Sherpa have teamed up to expand, update, and improve the first edition of Khumbu Since 1950 published in 2017.…
When Nepal’s trekking income dropped due to the pandemic, hungry dogs behaved like the wolves they evolved from
Figure 1. Imja valley, Khumbu, as seen from the upper slopes of Kongde Ri (6,187 m). Photo: L S SHERPADuring the 1970s and early 1980s, it was…
Excavators at work on Thamdada, 24km south of Lukla, despite the fact that the Khumbu Municipality has run out of money to complete the…
This Bahraini team acclimatising on Mt Lobuje in September was the only expedition climbing in Khumbu so far in 2020. Photo: Seven Summit…
Nepali hikers have returned to Khumbu, but Covid-free Sherpas do not want virus in their valley
The Tengboche Rinpoche was a constant source of saintly support, presiding through periods of prosperity and disaster
ken Hutt launches off from 7,200m on Cho Oyu in 2014. All photos: KATIE RIVERSApproaching 62 years old, and after retiring from a police rescue…
Takashi Miyahara was Nepal’s tourism pioneer who founded Himalayan Kanko Kitatsu and built Hotel Everest View and Syangboche Airfield 50 years…
Mingma Sherpa scholarship students return from New Zealand just before Nepal shuts down to COVID-19
The IPPG-CAN clinic in Machermo of Gokyo is located at 4,550m.Two mountain medicine clinics that have saved hundreds of lives of trekkers and…
With new roads, Edmund Hillary’s favourite vantage point is more accessible to trekkers
Mule and mani wall. Photos: ALTON C BYERSThe Sherpas reportedly have a saying that “there’s only one Everest,” meaning that because Everest is…
(against garbage and bad press)
Gabions above Chukung with the summit of Lhotse peeking through the clouds last month. All photos: ALTON C BYERSIn an example of local people…
Sir Ed would not have liked the queues on Everest this spring
Courtesy of Auckland War Memorial MuseumHow many of us knew that Edmund Hillary had written a novel called Call Not To the Gods under the nom de…
It is perfect that Everest: Reflections on the Solu Khumbu should come out this year, the centenary of Edmund Hillary’s birth. The book is a…
Gebru Jember Endalew has been involved in UN negotiations on climate change since 2008 as a core member of the Ethiopian negotiating team. Last…
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRIClimate change is global, it does not respect national boundaries. Neither should its solution. The only way we can…
As the sun sets on 2018, Nepali Times takes you back to the most popular videos of the past year on its YouTube Channel, the ones that readers…
https://youtu.be/RTnxJKo97DIFor many tourists trekking to Mt Everest Base Camp this autumn, the trip will be an adventure of a lifetime. The…
