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Decoding the Unusual Shape of the Nepali Flag
Where did all those angles come from?
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Mount Everest, the high-altitude rubbish dump
Decades of commercial mountaineering have turned Mount Everest into the world's highest rubbish dump as an increasing number of big-spending climbers pay little attention to the ugly footprint they leave behind. Fluorescent tents, discarded climbing equipment, empty gas canisters and even human excrement litter the well-trodden route to the summit of the 8,848-metre (29,029-foot) peak.
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Everest is becoming a conveyor belt of hikers who pay $25,000 to do the climb — these images reveal what the trek really looks like
Everest climbing season is here. In May, when the mountains in Nepal and Tibet warm, the temperature at base camp on Mount Everest heats up to a daily high of about 25 degrees Fahrenheit, and the winds around the world's tallest peak become still.
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A 69-Year-Old Double Amputee Has Climbed Mount Everest
A 69 year-old double amputee reached the summit of Mount Everest from the Nepal side on Monday morning, on his fifth attempt to climb the world’s highest peak. Chinese national Xia Boyu reached the summit at 8:26 am Nepal time, according to a post by his son Cloud Xia on the Chinese messaging platform WeChat. “My Dad reached Everest at 8:26 Nepal time!!! Has realized his 40 years dream!!!” Cloud Xia wrote.
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Canadian humanitarian charged with child rape in Nepal, stunning villagers
Peter Dalglish endeared himself to many in the community, greeting villagers in Nepali, offering chocolates to children and helping people rebuild their homes destroyed by devastating earthquakes in 2015. The goodwill was shattered last month when police swarmed Dalglish’s home and arrested him on charges of raping at least two boys, 12 and 14.
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Dangerous Waterfall Road in Nepal
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Nepal’s fertile but forgotten wetlands
Undervalued and ignored, wetlands are disappearing and drying up in Nepal – leaving the communities and wildlife that depend on them exposed in a changing climate. By Ramesh Bhushal.
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Hundreds of pregnant women in Nepal trek for days to see ultrasound photos
Expectant mothers in Nepal are trekking for days in rough conditions to glimpse their unborn children at Australian-run ultrasound clinics. Humanitarian organisation Australians for Women's Health, which is building a hospital for women and babies in the country's east, has also run ultrasound clinics around Nepal. Founder Ray Hodgson, an obstetrician from the New South Wales mid-north coast, said his team was amazed when hundreds of women started arriving at a clinic north-west of Pokhara.
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49 dead after plane crash at Kathmandu airport
At least 49 people were killed when a plane approached the runway from the wrong direction, crashed and burst into flames while landing at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan Airport in Nepal on Monday. Flight BS 211, which belongs to US-Bangla Airlines, a privately owned Bangladeshi carrier, was flying from Dhaka, Bangladesh, police spokesperson Manoj Neupane said.
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How Tall Is Mount Everest? For Nepal, It’s a Touchy Question.
Gauging the mountain’s precise height is not so simple, and for Nepal, the measurement can involve notions of national pride, in addition to questions of science.
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Nepal bans Mount Everest solo climbers
Nepal has banned solo climbers from scaling its mountains, including Mount Everest, in an attempt to reduce accidents. The new safety regulations also prohibit double amputee and blind climbers from attempting to reach the summit of the world's highest peak. A tourism official said the law had been revised to make mountaineering safer and to decrease deaths.
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Deliverance From 27,000 Feet
Two mountain climbers died near the top of Mount Everest in 2016. Their bodies lay frozen there for a year. Then a journey began to bring them home.
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India, Nepal, Bhutan join hands for mapping tigers
India, Nepal and Bhutan are set to start a joint exercise for mapping of tigers and their habitats in high altitude ranges as none of the Census has so far done a comprehensive assessment of the presence of big cats at an altitude above 10,000-feet. The process is likely to be carried under the umbrella of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it.
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The Hallucinogenic Honey of Nepal and Turkey
It was once used in a literal honeytrap to massacre disoriented Roman soldiers.
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Russian base jumper dies in Nepal's Everest region accident
A Russian extreme sportsman famed for his record-breaking free-falling stunts has died in a base jumping accident in the Himalayas, expedition organizers in Nepal said Sunday. Valery Rozov, 52, an acclaimed daredevil, was pursuing a “seven summits” quest — base jumping from the highest mountains on all seven continents.
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Learn to fight with the kung fu-trained nuns of the Himalayas.
Women's voices are traditionally quieter in Buddhism, where monks usually take charge of all the most important roles. The nunnery on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal is now a hive of activity. There are English classes alongside kung fu training, and the nuns are taught rudimentary business skills and lessons in how to lead Buddhist prayers. Around 400 nuns from Bhutan, Nepal, India, and Tibet live together in this place of worship, where it's not unusual for nuns speak multiple languages.
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Floods in India, Bangladesh and Nepal kill 1,200 and leave millions homeless
At least 1,200 people have been killed and millions have been left homeless following devastating floods that have hit India, Bangladesh and Nepal, in one of the worst flooding disasters to have affected the region in years. International aid agencies said thousands of villages have been cut off by flooding with people being deprived of food and clean water for days.
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South Asia Is Also Experiencing The Worst Flooding In Decades And The Photos Are Horrifying
Extreme rainfall has led to devastating floods across Nepal, India, and Bangladesh, killing nearly 1,200 people and displacing millions.
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Death toll in Nepal floods, landslides rises to 49
Torrential rain battered Nepal on Sunday, causing widespread flooding and landslides and raising the death toll from three days of severe weather to 49 people, according to officials. The toll could go higher as three dozen people were reported missing. Another 17 were injured.
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Risky retrieval of Everest bodies raises climbers’ concern
There is a heated debate in the mountaineering community about the morality of risking more lives to retrieve bodies from one of the most unforgiving places on Earth.
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