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Paavan Mathema

Paavan Mathema is a multimedia journalist at AFP who is based in Nepal.

The Everest boom has made mountaineering a lucrative business since Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay made the first ascent in 1953. (Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar/File Photo)
EDMUND HILLARY

Why a deadly shadow hangs over Everest summit

This season, 11 people died on the treacherous slopes where mountaineers queued sometimes for hours for their turn at the top

  • Paavan Mathema
5 min read
The queue to the top. (Image via Twitter: Nirmal Purja/@nimsdai)
EDMUND HILLARY

Everest ‘traffic jam’ survivor calls for tougher rules

Mountaineering has become big business since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay made the first ascent of Everest in 1953

  • Paavan Mathema
  • Ashok Dahal
4 min read