This year marks the 70th anniversary of the first ascent of Mt Everest in 1953 by Sir Ed Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. This defining moment in history will be celebrated » Continue Reading.

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There are 20 eight-thousanders in the world, not 14 as is generally believed, according to Nepali mountaineers and geographers.

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Slender-snouted gharials are among the most distinctive of the world’s crocodilians, and thus the most in need of conservation action, a new study suggests. The study authors scored all 28 » Continue Reading.

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The memoir of Professor Surya P. Subedi QC, a member of our Society and past speaker at our 2-3 AGMs, has been published by the major British publishing house, Routledge, » Continue Reading.

Good evening. I’d like to thank Andy Sparkes and the BNS Committee for inviting me to update you on the Britain-Nepal NGO Network – BRANNGO. I’d also like to add » Continue Reading.

Congratulations Hockey for Heroes and Lincoln Minster School for Obtaining a Guinness World Record for the highest game of hockey ever played!

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TONY STREATHER

Lt. Col. H.R.A. (Tony) Streather OBE, who died on 31st October aged 92, was an army man and mountaineer who learned his trade as a soldier on the » Continue Reading.