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First in 45 years, 22 climbers make rare autumn ascent of Manaslu main summit

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  First in 45 years, 22 climbers make rare autumn ascent of Manaslu main summit The main peak is 8,163 metres high, and the mountaineering fraternity has lauded the climbers for making it to the ‘true summit’. The team gathered at 8,100 metres, a place where people usually stop because they can’t climb to the true summit because of the tricky ridge and risk. The team then traversed down a little below and again climbed to the main summit, which is 8163 metres. Photo courtesy: Jackson Groves' Facebook page Mountaineers have scaled the main summit of Mt Manaslu, the eighth highest mountain in the world, in autumn, accomplishing a feat not seen since 1976. Led by Mingma Sherpa, better known as Mingma G, 14 Nepali and eight foreign climbers achieved the rare feat on September 27 for the first time in 45 years. The main peak is 8,163 metres high, and the mountaineering fraternity has called it the “true summit”. “Many foreigners have been debating if Manaslu’s main summit can be climbed...
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Mt Everest Is Overcrowded With Climbers So Nepal Has Banned Photos of Them

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              Mt Everest Is Overcrowded With Climbers So Nepal Has Banned Photos of Them The government can ban anyone found violating tourism rules from entering the country for up to five years or from mountaineering in Nepal for ten years. If there’s one picture of  Mount Everest  you remember, it is likely a viral image of a serpentine line of climbers waiting for their turn to reach the summit.  But that may be the last of its kind after  Nepal  introduced earlier this month to prevent “filming, taking pictures or recording videos of things other than the expedition or mountaineering of the expedition team or team members.”                                                    The Picture is taken by Elia Saikaly  The new rule is actually a clearer, reworded version of existing guidelines...
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Visit Nepal 2020

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Nepal Tourism Year 2020 Nepal’s Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) also has unveiled the action plan from its side for the next two months, Tourism Minister Jitendra Narayan Dev said that the ministry will establish a secretariat for the Visit Nepal Year shortly to make necessary preparations. Earlier, the MoCTCA had planned to celebrate Visit Nepal Year in 2018, which was put off due to the delay in construction of airports, heritage sites and roads. The unveiled 60-day action plan has given due priority to the early completion of the construction and expansion of the international and domestic airports, heritage sites and other tourism infrastructure. Nepal government has planned to complete the expansion of Tribhuvan International Airport and construction of Gautam Buddha Airport in Bhairahawa before the Visit Nepal Year. Likewise, the reconstruction of major heritage sites is expected to be completed before 2020. In its 60-day plan, Mo...
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