As the last search and rescue teams hang up their boots and the tent city at base camp packs up for the year, expert climbers say several of the 17 people killed or missing and presumed dead this season could have avoided disaster.
KATHMANDU, May 13 (Xinhua) A team of rope fixers on Saturday afternoon became the first climbers to summit Mt. Qomolangma from the Nepal side in this spring
Kathmandu, May 13 (EFE).- A team of nine Nepali high-altitude climbing guides reached the summit of Mt Everest on Saturday afternoon, making it the first spring ascent of the world’s tallest peak this year. The rope fixing team was led by Dawa Gyalje Sherpa and included Nima Nuru Sherpa, Lakpa Sona Sherpa, Dipen Gurung, Pasang …