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Quake update: Icefall Doctors not optimistic about resetting route up Everest

Quake update: Icefall Doctors not optimistic about resetting route up Everest

Nepal government says Icefall Doctors have assessed the traditional climbing route on Everest and are unsure of the 2015 climbing season. A final decision will be taken in a day or two. A week into the deadliest avalanche on Everest that was triggered by a massive earthquake, the fate of

Quake Update: Two trekkers dead in Manaslu, more than 100 missing in Langtang

Quake Update: Two trekkers dead in Manaslu, more than 100 missing in Langtang

Sources say two trekkers have died in Manaslu (west of epicentre) with several stranded, while more than 100 are still missing in the Langtang valley (east of epicentre) of Nepal. Nearly a week after a major earthquake shook Nepal, the Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal (TAAN), an umbrella body

Quake Update: Climbing to continue on Everest South Col

Quake Update: Climbing to continue on Everest South Col

Official says Everest climbing season not called off and damaged route setting will start in 4-5 days. 41 of 43 teams have already left Everest Base Camp. The Everest season will continue, according to Nepalese officials days after a 7.9-magnitude earthquake-triggered avalanche left 19 people dead and 61 injured

None missing on Everest; climbing season on South Col not yet called off - Nepal Tourism

None missing on Everest; climbing season on South Col not yet called off - Nepal Tourism

The tourism ministry says all mountaineers evacuated from Camp 1 and Camp 2, and sherpas will resume setting up the route after a week. Climbing season (on the south side) may go on. Four days after an earthquake-triggered avalanche killed 19 people and injured dozens at the Everest Base Camp

Quake update: Rescue service on; many climbers still missing on Everest

Quake update: Rescue service on; many climbers still missing on Everest

While mountaineers are being airlifted, several are still missing on the world's tallest peak. Uncertainity over Everest climbing season continues on the south side, it is likely being called off on north (China) side. A day after a major earthquake and subsequent avalanche hit Everest, heli services of

UPDATE: Final rites of Indian mountaineer Malli Mastan Babu amid state honours

UPDATE: Final rites of Indian mountaineer Malli Mastan Babu amid state honours

Thousands of people turned up for the burial of Babu in his hometown in South India. The local government had a 21-gun salute in his honour. Indian mountaineer Malli Mastan Babu who died in the Andes recently was laid to rest in his village on Saturday in the presence thousands

UPDATE: Death toll rises to 19; 61 injured and many missing on Everest as earthquake hits Nepal

UPDATE: Death toll rises to 19; 61 injured and many missing on Everest as earthquake hits Nepal

Sources claim that an avalanche triggered by a deadly earthquake has killed at least 19 people at south side of Everest base camp, with 61 injured and several climbers missing. The 7.9-magnitude earthquake has claimed thousands of lives across Nepal. At least 19 people are feared dead after an