Leading figures in the worlds of international mountaineering and Nepali politics are weighing in on celebrity climber Nirmal “Nims” Purja in the wake of bombshell allegations of sexual ...

Nirmal Purja made bold claims on Sunday, posting on Instagram that ropes on Everest had been cut shortly below the summit, just as he was about to lead a team there. But a Pioneer Expedition team ...

Nirmal Purja has made headlines again, this time not for a mountaineering achievement but for allegedly breaking the rules on Everest. Nepal’s Department of Tourism has started a probe after ...

Two women have gone on the record to accuse mountaineer Nirmal Purja of serious sexual misbehavior, according to reporting by The New York Times. The story mentions several cases of women who have ...

Nirmal Purja has made headlines again, this time not for a mountaineering achievement but for allegedly breaking the rules. “Most of the climbers from an 11-member team of Lingtren Peak ...

The last teams on Everest are back down. Among them is Nirmal Purja, who summited both Everest and Lhotse with his small Elite Exped team. He also brought down a video showing cut ropes. “People ...

KATHMANDU, June 6 -- The allegation of sexual assaults by renowned climber Nirmal Purja has prompted one of his major sponsors to withdraw its sponsorship while there have been calls for action ...

Like Nirmal Purja, Mingma G Sherpa has announced he will climb Shisha Pangma without supplementary oxygen. This is despite the China-Tibet Mountaineering Association’s (CTMA) rules that require ...

The recent summits on Shisha Pangma raised questions about risky conditions and officially banned no-oxygen ascents. Mingma G, a new member of the no-O2 14×8,000m club, has answered some of those ...

Nirmal Purja has recovered the bodies of Mingmar Sherpa and Anna Gutu from Shisha Pangma. An avalanche killed the two Elite Exped climbers last fall, and their bodies were left in Camp 2. He ...

Mingma G and at least some of his team are approaching the summit of Shisha Pangma. In risky conditions, their summit push has lasted nearly 12 hours. Base Camp sources confirm that Nirmal Purja ...