Trekking in Nepal

    From now on, tourists will not be able to go on a walk on their own, the fee of 'TIMS' card has been increased Kathmandu. The foreign tourists had purchased the tourist information management system 'TIMS' card distributed by the Nepal Tourism Board and were happily trekking alone. From now on, the board has decided that no foreigner can go on a walk alone. On Thursday, the meeting of the Nepal Tourism Board decided that no foreigner will be allowed to roam freely. The board said that now when tourists go on a trek, they must take a trekking guide. According to the vice president of the board, Chandra Rizal, the decision was taken by the board meeting that the tourists could not go on a voluntary walk after the increase in the number of tourists falling and getting injured while hiking alone, difficulties in rescue, loss and death of tourists. He said, "this decision will help in the rescue of injured and sick tourists who are lost and the tourists will be prot

    Nepal to move Everest base camp from melting glacier Nepal is preparing to move its Everest base camp because global warming and human activity are making it unsafe.     www.everestexpeditionsnepal.com The camp, used by up to 1,500 people in the spring climbing season, is situated on the rapidly thinning Khumbu glacier. A new site is to be found at a lower altitude, where there is no year-round ice, an official told the BBC. Researchers say melt-water destabilises the glacier, and climbers say crevasses are increasingly appearing at base camp while they sleep. "We are now preparing for the relocation and we will soon begin consultation with all stakeholders," Taranath Adhikari, director general of Nepal's tourism department, told the BBC. "It is basically about adapting to the changes we are seeing at the base camp and it has become essential for the                                              The camp produces up to 4,000 litres of urine per day sustainability

     Trekkers return to Annapurna Circuit as Nepal throws gates wide open For scenery and cultural diversity, this has long been considered the best trek in Nepal, and one of the world’s classic walks. The Annapurna region has started welcoming quarantine-free tourists back to its popular trekking trails as Nepal tries to reboot its pandemic ravaged tourism industry. Going all around the Annapurnas, the Annapurna Circuit trekking trail meanders across the central Nepal Himalaya through one of the most beautiful sceneries on the planet. The walking route is triply blessed with stunning landscapes, architecture and culture. The Annapurna Conservation Area, a 7,629-sq-km protected area encompassing villages, hills, valleys, gorges and lakes with the snowy Annapurnas towering over them, is spread across the five districts of Manang, Mustang, Kaski, Myagdi and Lamjung. In September, after Nepal removed the remaining coronavirus restrictions, 76 trekkers led the first foray into the Annapurn

    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 climb

               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 intended to protect the “security and reputation” of Nepal. But it goes further, just as the country gears up to welcome climbers again a year after the COVID-19 pandemic halted last year’s season.

  K2 Winter Madness: Could This Be The Year? The winter season has just begun and in the Karakoram a large group of Sherpas, clients and professional mountaineers are descending on  K2 Base Camp  (or are already there), determined to solve the last great problem of mountaineering on the world’s 8,000-meter peaks: the first winter ascent of  K2,  the 8,611-meter Pakistani giant. While the largest expedition is still yet to arrive, two small teams are already in action on the Abruzzi Route, the “normal” route used during the historic first ascent of K2, by an Italian team in 1954. The players, the risks, the likelihood of success—read on for a preview of what is to come on K2 this season. The Teams The first team—Icelandic climber John Snorri, and Pakistani climbers Ali Sadpara and Sajid Sadpara—arrived on the mountain and began climbing  on December 1. (According to the meteorological calendar, winter begins on December 1, whereas according to the astronomical calendar—the one generally