60-year-old woman tailor from Kerala, without any training, reaches Everest Base CampVasanthi Cheruveettil, a tailor from Kerala, reached Everest Base Camp without formal training through determination and self-learning. She...
18 Mar, 2025, 12.54 PM IST
'Anyone can do Everest Basecamp trekking': Desk jockey bizman shares tips to prepare for world's toughest trekEntrepreneur Neel Parekh shared that anyone with average fitness can complete the Mount Everest Base Camp trek, noting it isn't overly tech...
29 May, 2024, 04.41 PM IST
Plane crashes in Nepal over the years claim hundreds of lives: A timelineThough Nepal's air industry has boomed in recent years, carrying goods and people between hard-to-reach areas as well as foreign trekkers a...
29 May, 2022, 07.34 PM IST
Why the only thing tougher than climbing Mt Everest is raising the fund for itThe cost of climbing the Everest starts from the time you start training 12-18 months before the climb. One cannot do it without being phys...
28 May, 2019, 05.44 PM IST
Two Indians become youngest children reach Mount Everest base camp in NepalA five-year-old Indian boy and his eight-year-old sister might have set a new record by becoming the youngest climbers to reach the base ca...
11 Aug, 2015, 10.42 PM IST
India's 'Operation Maitri' in quake-hit Nepal ends'Operation Maitri', the massive rescue and relief operation initiated by India in Nepal following the April 25 earthquake, came to an end t...
04 Jun, 2015, 09.23 PM IST
Nepal earthquake stirs debate on overcrowding and commercialisation of EverestThe deaths from avalanche at the Everest Base Camp have brought the spotlight back on over-commercialisation. The old debate will now be re...
03 May, 2015, 11.13 AM IST
100 people evacuated by Australia from NepalUp to 20 of the Australian citizens registered with the government as being in Nepal are still unaccounted for, the report said.
01 May, 2015, 01.30 PM IST
Earthquake: Indian, Nepalese armies jointly rescue 84 IndiansThe Indian Army along with its Nepalese counterpart today rescued 84 Indians trapped in various parts of earthquake-hit Nepal.
30 Apr, 2015, 10.42 PM IST
Nepal quake: IAF rescues 16 mountaineers from Pune stranded on Mount EverestThe trekking group from Pune who was on its maiden expedition from Lukla to Mount Everest base camp, a 12-day programme, was trapped mid-wa...
28 Apr, 2015, 11.02 PM IST
Scaling Kala Pathar & Everest Base Camp: Women must pursue their passionET-Travel reader Deepa Krishnan encourages women to pursue their passion.
09 Apr, 2015, 05.53 AM IST
Navigate with Google Maps to the edge of Mount EverestGoogle Maps announced in a blog post recently that it has officially made it to the Mount Everest.
19 Mar, 2015, 11.33 AM IST
Indian boy successfully climbs Kalapatthar peakA 5 year and 11 month old Indian boy claimed to have set a new world record by successfully climbing Kalapatthar peak, in Nepal.
19 Oct, 2014, 05.02 PM IST
Flying fears haunt CEOs and top bosses tooA few high-fliers talk about some of their air misadventures
31 Jul, 2014, 05.32 PM IST
- Everest expedition to create climate change awareness
A UN-backed expedition will scale Mount Everest this spring to create awareness about the impact of climate change on the mountain range.
12 Feb, 2008, 04.22 PM IST
- Lukla Airport to be named as Hillary Tenzing Airport
Lukla Airport, the gateway to the world's highest peak Mt. Everest will be rechristened as Hillary-Tenzing Airport.
15 Jan, 2008, 12.02 PM IST
- When Jill and friends went up the hill
Encompassed by the enormity of the world's highest peaks, she and her group of old school friends realised just how miniscule they all real...
08 Feb, 2007, 12.00 AM IST