After conquering Mount Everest, Philippine adventurer Carina Dayondon is set to sail to China aboard a wooden replica of an ancient boat in the hopes of boosting national pride in a forgotten maritime prowess.
Dayondon is planning to sail from Manila to southern China early next year, recreating trade and migration voyages made before Spaniards colonised the Philippines inRead more
Nepal has begun remeasuring Mount Everest to check if the height of the world's tallest peak was altered by a powerful earthquake that struck the nation in 2015, the government said Friday.
The official height of Mount Everest -- which lies in the Himalayan range, straddling the border between Nepal and China -- is 8,848 metres (29,029 feet), first recordedRead more
The base camp of Mount Qomolangma, known as Mount Everest in the West, received more than 113,000 tourists from home and abroad last year, with a year on year increase of 91 percent, the local tourist administration said on Saturday.
Among them were more than 5,100 foreign visitors, according to the tourism administration of Tingri County.
The county government hasRead more
Emirati adventurer, Dana Al Ali, is now ready for her Aconcagua Mount Training Camp in Argentina, one of the highest seven summits in the world, in the build-up to her formidable challenge of conquering the earth’s highest peak. Mount Everest, in April next year.
Seeking to be the first Emirati woman to climb the world's highest summit, Dana Al AliRead more