ISLAMABADISLAMABAD — A Norwegian woman mountain climber and her Nepali Sherpa guide have set a new record by scaling the world’s 14 highest peaks in 92 days, a Pakistani mountaineering official said.

A Norwegian woman and a Nepali man smashed the record on Thursday for the fastest summit of all 14 of the world’s 8,000-metre (26,000-feet) mountains, their team said in a statement. Kristin Harila ...

Nepali Jatra, a celebration of Nepal’s culture and heritage, will take place Sunday at the Longmont Museum and Cultural Center from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday’s event, which is free and open to the public, ...

The current record for climbing the world's 14 tallest peaks is almost eight years. Nepali climber, Nirmal Purja, who served in the British special forces, has a target of seven months. On Monday ...

Nepali guides are considered the backbone of the climbing industry in the Himalayas. They carry the majority of equipment and food, fix ropes and repair ladders. It can be a perilous occupation and ...

ADDS details. Photos by Prakash Mathema. Video by Sagar Ghimire Summiting the world's 8,000-metre mountains is the ultimate bucket list dream for ambitious climbers, a feat managed by fewer than 50 ...

Nepali demonstrators set parliament ablaze on Tuesday while the veteran prime minister quit, as a "Gen Z" protest movement sparked by a ban on social media overtook the Himalayan nation. At least 19 ...

Nepali adventurer Nirmal Purja is on track to make history after Chinese authorities granted him a special permit Tuesday to climb the final mountain of a 14-peak quest despite closing the peak for ...

Norwegian climber Kristin Harila during an interview with AFP in May, 2023 - Copyright WESTERN AUSTRALIA DEPARTMENT OF BIODIVERSITY, CONSERVATIONA AND ATTRACTION/AFP ...

KATHMANDU: Nepali youth protesters set parliament ablaze on Tuesday as the veteran prime minister obeyed furious crowds to quit, after one of the deadliest crackdowns in years in which at least 19 ...