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Bad weather condition hampers domestic flights in Nepal

Posted on June 15, 2023 by Pemba Sherpa

Domestic flights to and from the federal capital(Kathmandu) have been affected due to adverse weather conditions brought about by the start of the monsoon on Wednesday.

Flights to different destinations were affected due to low visibility following a sudden change in the weather. According to the domestic terminal office at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu Nepal, flights to different airports including Lukla, Biratnagar, Janakpur, Simara, and Pokhara have been canceled.

Two flights to Simara from Kathmandu have been canceled while Kathmandu-bound Buddha Aircraft from Biratnagar returned to Biratnagar after it could not land at TIA following bad weather.

Similarly, Kathmandu-bound aircraft from Dhangadhi landed at TIA after staying on hold for a long time.

Although domestic flights have been disrupted at TIA, international flights are in regular operation, according to TIA Office.

According to the Meteorological Forecasting Division, this year monsoon system entered most of the parts of Koshi Province, Madhes Province, and Bagmati Province on Wednesday. Light to moderate rainfall has been taking place in Kathmandu from this evening as a result.

International Everest Day 2023: May 29

Posted on May 29, 2023May 29, 2023 by Pemba Sherpa

International Everest Day 2023: May 29

On 29 May 1953, two people finally stood on top of the highest mountain in the world that’s is Mt. Everest 8848.86m – for the very much first time. Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa reached the summit of Mt. Everest to make history in mountaineering. They became the first people to reach the summit of Everest. Today, May 29, 2023, International Everest Day is being celebrated. The day has significant importance in the mountain tourism of Nepal.

The door to the mountains of Nepal actually opened after the successful ascent of Everest. The conquest of Everest drew the attention of the world to Nepal and people started travelling to the country for adventure tourism. Trekking and climbing became synonymous with Nepal which still is a major share-holder of the Nepali tourism industry.

The development of tourism in Nepal actually started to be noticed only after the Everest ascent. Thousands of people started travelling to Nepal only because of their awareness that Mt. Everest – the highest peak in the world – is in Nepal.

The mountaineering and adventure tourism industry in Nepal now attracts hundreds of thousands of adventurers every year from around the world. After the Everest conquest, hundreds of thousands of people trekked to the Everest region and reached its base camp on the popular Everest Base Camp Trek. Thousands of people have also successfully made it to the top of the highest mountain in the world.

The Everest region trek is one of the most sought after trekking regions in the world topping the list in Nepal. Along with Everest, other regions also started opening up for travellers from around the world. In course of time, Nepal gained popularity in the world as a trekking paradise. The mountain peaks in the northern part of the country became the major attractions.

We, at Khumbu Excursion, feel proud to remember the day when the first humans stepped on top of Everest. And also this year our climber’s successfully summitted Mount Everest along with our Khumbu Excursion Banner,

We are also happy to be on the path that the ascent is open to many adventurers. Everest Expedition trip has now become a dream and daring adventure for many climbers.

We wish all our clients and everyone out there Happy International Everest Day and we are really happy to share this and cherish this moment with you all.

Khumbu Excursion Team reached at the Top of the Everest.(The Highest Mountain In The World)

Posted on May 27, 2023May 28, 2023 by Pemba Sherpa

It is a happy moment for us all at Khumbu Excursion today. Khumbu Excursion team extends hearty congratulations to Our climbing guide Mr.Wangda Sherpa for his successful Mt. Everest summit (Earth’s highest mountain) on 17/05/2023 at 10:55am in the morning along with our Khumbu Excursion banner at the top of the world. That is 8848.86m high.

Everest Expedition with Khumbu Excursion

Climbing the highest mountain on earth is the dream of most climbing enthusiasts. As part of our Everest Expedition our highly skilled team of Sherpa guides and other members take you on the adventure. And Mr.Wangda Sherpa was our Climbing guide this time.

After Everest Base Camp and spending several weeks in the wilderness of mountains, the actual climb starts. There are four camps up in the mountain before attempting the summit in Everest. Our team went through all the challenging hardships in the mountain and made the Everest summit possible.

We cannot express enough how happy we are to take our Khumbu Excursion Banner by our Climbing guide for this season to the summit successfully.

Congratulations, Mr. Wangda sherpa and the team, once again on the successful summiting of Mt. Everest! We wish for your successful future ahead

Let us know if you have any questions about trekking and climbing in Nepal.

Stay safe.

Khumbu Excursion, Family

Norway climber Kristin Harila becomes the fastest female to climb the world’s 14 highest mountains above 8,000 meters by reaching all the summits within a year.

Posted on May 5, 2023May 28, 2023 by Pemba Sherpa

A Norwegian who just became the fastest female to climb the world’s 14 highest mountains is now aiming to become the fastest person to complete the feat by beating the record set by a male climber in 2019.

Kristin Harila, 37, successfully scaled Mount Cho Oyu and Mount Shishapangma in China and arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital, on Thursday, announcing that she will begin climbing in Nepal this month.

“That’s the plan,” Harila said when asked if she is aiming to set a new record for scaling the highest peaks.

She hopes to climb the seven highest peaks in Nepal, including Mount Everest, during the current spring climbing season that ends in May, and then complete the remaining peaks in Pakistan within the next four months.

“We have to sit down and have a meeting and discuss if we can do all seven mountains in Nepal in the spring. We have to look at the (weather) forecast and see how it goes,” she said.

She has roughly four weeks to climb the seven highest mountains in Nepal. Most climbers take the entire climbing season to scale just one peak.

“Now we are going to rest some days and then we will see if we go to Annapurna and Dhaulagiri, depending on the weather and conditions,” she said.

Harila began her attempt to climb all 14 peaks in April 2022 and completed 12 by September. She then had to pause because Chinese authorities did not allow her to climb last year. China restricted access by foreign climbers because of the coronavirus pandemic.

She was able to obtain a permit from China this year and scaled Shishapangma last week and Cho Oyu earlier this week.

The current record is held by Nirmal Purja, a Nepal-born British citizen who scaled the 14 highest peaks in 189 days in 2019, beating the previous record of more than seven years set by a South Korean climber. Purja’s climbs were later made into a popular Netflix documentary, “14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible.”

Nepal’s tourism returning to its old ways: In the year 2023, the number of international tourists in the tourism sector will gradually increase:-LHAKPA SHERPA

Posted on April 26, 2023May 28, 2023 by Pemba Sherpa

Tourism businessman Lhakpa Sherpa says that Nepal’s tourism is finally returning to its old ways:

In the year 2023, the number of international tourists in the tourism sector will gradually increase but in order to make that possible the arrival of tourists should be increased by providing more facilities to the tourists who come to visit Nepal.

A large number of tourists have come to Nepal now. This year, a large number of tourists have come to visit Nepal. Many tourists have arrived in Nepal now to climb various mountains. Tourism businessman Lhakpa Sherpa added that the arrival of tourists should be increased by providing more facilities to the tourists who have come to visit Nepal.

In the past years, the Covid epidemic had brought Nepal’s tourism to a zero state.

Tourism businessman Sherpa said that the current arrival of tourism should be taken as an opportunity if the tourists who have come to Nepal can be made happy, and more tourists will enter Nepal on their recommendation.

Lhakpa sherpa , who brings tourists from Many countries around the world to Nepal ,who started working in the tourism sector when he was just 14 years old as a porter, has worked as a kitchen boy, cook, sherpa an expedition, and a trekking guide. He have been working in this field for more than 25 years with all the experience and knowledge gathered till this date he is currently running his own Trekking Company KHUMBU EXCURSION in Nepal.

Khumbu Excursion

Khumbu Excursion Pvt. Ltd was founded by Mr.Lhakpa Sherpa with the team of professional trekking & climbing guides with a decade long experience in adventure tourism in the Himalaya. It specializes in organizing outdoor activities such as heritage/ culture and pilgrimage tours, trekking, peak climbing, mountain expedition, whitewater rafting, jungle safari, paragliding, bungee jump, and many other adventure sports in Nepal

Lhakpa sherpa have also done several peak such as Mera Peak, Island Peak, Lobuche Peak and many more several times

CAAN has suspended & banned entry pass of Fly Dubai’s country manager and Airport Manager

Posted on April 26, 2023April 26, 2023 by Pemba Sherpa

On Tuesday ,April-2023

The Civil Aviation Authority Of Nepal(CAAN) has banned Fly Dubai’s country manager and airport manager from entering the airport.

According to the authority, their airport passes were deactivated for spreading misleading news that a bird had struck a Fly Dubai plane on Monday night.

On Monday night, there were reports that the engine of the Fly Dubai plane that was flying from Kathmandu to Dubai caught fire. The authority has taken action to spreading the illusion that the plane was hit by a bird and caught fire.

The CAAN has also suspended its entry pass on charge of spreading false information from Dubai.

The Assistant Spokesperson of CAAN, Gyanendra Bhul, said that the two officials of the FlyDubai are prevented from entering the TIA until the next decision.

Issuing a press note on Tuesday, the CAAN said Nepal Country Manager Binod Abraham and Airport Manager Narayan Pakwan of Flydubai have been barred from entering the airport as the official page of the airlines, without an official conclusion of the authority, stated that the accident occurred due to a bird strike at TIA.

The Flydubai plane that took off from TIA on Monday night with 168 passengers on board had reportedly caught fire in its engine after an explosion in the sky of Koteshwor in Kathmandu.