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Nepal Opens Restricted Trekking Routes To Solo Foreign Travellers: 5 Routes You Should Explore
Nepal allows solo trekkers to obtain permits for restricted areas without a partner, requiring only a licensed guide and TAAN agency booking.
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SpaceX Polaris Dawn Crew To Make History With First-Ever Private Spacewalk
After trekking deeper into space than any humans in the last half-century, a pioneering private crew is set to make history Thursday with the first-ever spacewalk by non-professional astronauts.
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Watch: Trekking Elephants Wait For Slower Youngster To Catch Up
A herd of elephants on a mammoth trek across China is taking an enforced break -- as they wait for a wayward youngster to catch-up.
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Rescued From Himalaya Trails, Trekkers Return To Find World In Turmoil
Stranded in Kathmandu, running out of cash and with no way to get home, Alexander Sys is one of hundreds of tourists whose Nepal trekking adventure abruptly ended in lockdown.
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Migrant Caravan Arrives At US-Mexico Border
The Central American migrant caravan trekking toward the United States converged on the US-Mexican border Thursday after more than a month on the road, undeterred by President Donald Trump's deployment of thousands of American troops near the border.
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45 IIT Students, On A Trek, Stranded In Himachal Due To Bad Weather
Forty-five students from Roorkee's Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), who had gone trekking in Himachal Pradesh's mountainous Lahaul and Spiti district, are stranded due to bad weather. The Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister said the trekkers are safe.
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Insurance Scam By Nepal's Trekking, Mountaineering Agencies Unearthed
A major insurance scam by Nepal's trekking and mountaineering agencies has been unearthed after a government probe found that they were involved in fake helicopter rescues and hospital treatment of foreign tourists, according to a media report.
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2,000 Rohingya Mass On Myanmar Coast To Join Exodus
More than 2,000 Rohingya have massed along Myanmar's coast this week after trekking from inland villages in Rakhine state to join the refugee exodus to Bangladesh, state media reported
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Despite Back-To-Back Disasters, Climbers Return To Everest
Last year, Sherpas had already set up two camps above Base Camp when the earthquake unleashed an avalanche that tore into the tent city, burying climbers and staff. Nineteen people were killed, 61 were injured and the pre-prepared route of ropes and ladders was destroyed. When the Sherpas refused to rebuild the route, the season was scrubbed. There...
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30 Passengers Killed in Nepal After Bus Plunges Over Cliff
A packed passenger bus plunged over a cliff and killed 30 people in central Nepal today , a senior local official said.
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Nepal Opens Restricted Trekking Routes To Solo Foreign Travellers: 5 Routes You Should Explore
Nepal allows solo trekkers to obtain permits for restricted areas without a partner, requiring only a licensed guide and TAAN agency booking.
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SpaceX Polaris Dawn Crew To Make History With First-Ever Private Spacewalk
After trekking deeper into space than any humans in the last half-century, a pioneering private crew is set to make history Thursday with the first-ever spacewalk by non-professional astronauts.
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Watch: Trekking Elephants Wait For Slower Youngster To Catch Up
A herd of elephants on a mammoth trek across China is taking an enforced break -- as they wait for a wayward youngster to catch-up.
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Rescued From Himalaya Trails, Trekkers Return To Find World In Turmoil
Stranded in Kathmandu, running out of cash and with no way to get home, Alexander Sys is one of hundreds of tourists whose Nepal trekking adventure abruptly ended in lockdown.
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Migrant Caravan Arrives At US-Mexico Border
The Central American migrant caravan trekking toward the United States converged on the US-Mexican border Thursday after more than a month on the road, undeterred by President Donald Trump's deployment of thousands of American troops near the border.
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45 IIT Students, On A Trek, Stranded In Himachal Due To Bad Weather
Forty-five students from Roorkee's Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), who had gone trekking in Himachal Pradesh's mountainous Lahaul and Spiti district, are stranded due to bad weather. The Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister said the trekkers are safe.
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Insurance Scam By Nepal's Trekking, Mountaineering Agencies Unearthed
A major insurance scam by Nepal's trekking and mountaineering agencies has been unearthed after a government probe found that they were involved in fake helicopter rescues and hospital treatment of foreign tourists, according to a media report.
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2,000 Rohingya Mass On Myanmar Coast To Join Exodus
More than 2,000 Rohingya have massed along Myanmar's coast this week after trekking from inland villages in Rakhine state to join the refugee exodus to Bangladesh, state media reported
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Despite Back-To-Back Disasters, Climbers Return To Everest
Last year, Sherpas had already set up two camps above Base Camp when the earthquake unleashed an avalanche that tore into the tent city, burying climbers and staff. Nineteen people were killed, 61 were injured and the pre-prepared route of ropes and ladders was destroyed. When the Sherpas refused to rebuild the route, the season was scrubbed. There...
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30 Passengers Killed in Nepal After Bus Plunges Over Cliff
A packed passenger bus plunged over a cliff and killed 30 people in central Nepal today , a senior local official said.
