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  • Nepali-Canadian 1st double amputee on Everest

    A Nepali-Canadian has become the first double amputee to climb the world's highest mountain.According to Khim Lal Gautam, liaison officer at Nepal's Tourism Ministry, Sudarshan Gautam, the Nepali-Canadian, reached atop Mt Everest at 9:00 am on Monday. Gautam, 30, lost both his hands at the age of 14 in an accident. He was on a mission to spread the message that "disability is not ...

  • Construction works on Tunnel Highway to start within month

    Construction works on Tunnel Highway to start within month Construction works on the Hetauda-Kulekhani-Kathmandu tunnel highway would be started within a month, state-owned news agency RSS reports. Chairman of Federation of Contractors´ Associations of Nepal (FCAN) and manager of the tunnel highway construction, Jayram Lamichhane, said that they would start the construction process ...

  • China-trained medical doctors doing fine in Nepal

    Bhavuk Sharma Bajagain, 30, a medical doctor by profession, is often busy with his patients in the emergency ward of Kathmandu Model Hospital, one of the more reputable hospitals .In the morning, Bajagain also teaches and shares his medical experience with students in two different local medical institutions."I am very happy and satisfied when I see my patients relieved of pain after ...

  • Female Saudi Everest climber happy to change views

    Raha Moharrak, the first Saudi Arabian woman to scale the world's highest peak Mount Everest, talks to the media at Yak and Yeti Hotel in Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. According to mountaineering officials, Moharrak was among 64 climbers who successfully scaled Mount Everest from Nepal's side of the mountain. May is the most popular month for Everest climbs because of more ...

  • Nepal slams climbers illegal call from Mount Everest- Montana hiker dies in Yosemite rock climbing accident

    May 19, 2010: Clouds hover above the world's highest peak Mount Everest, as seen from Syangboche, about 125 kilometers (80 miles) northeast of Katmandu, ...

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Vanishing Point [Blu-Ray]

Vanishing Point [Blu-Ray]

Although it is probably now best known as the film that inspired Quentin Tarantinos Death Proof (2007)--or at least was the film most frequently named-checked--Vanishing Point should be seen as a particularly charged variant of a ... ...

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  • Bangladeshi South Korean climbers die on Everest

    KATHMANDU (AFP) - A climber from Bangladesh and another from South Korea have died on Mount Everest as hundreds flock to the world's highest peak during good weather, Nepalese tourism officials said Tuesday."Both men died while descending from the summit on Monday," an official with the tourism ministry told AFP from Everest Base Camp.Sung Ho-Seo, 34, of South Korea was attempting ...

  • Actress Nisha Adhikari completes Everest ascent

    Nepali film actress Nisha Adhikari has completed her ascent on Everest on Tuesday morning. Adhikari, who has now become the first Nepali actress to climb Everest, achieved the fete at around 8 am this morning, said Nepal Tourism Board. Adhikari, who embarked on an expedition to Everest on April 7, arrived at base camp on April ...

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