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The February 21 edition
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Why I’m not apologising for my child-free life after a trip to Nepal
A milestone-birthday trip to a remote region of Nepal reveals traditional ways of life – and some unexpected truths.
- Nina Karnikowski
Nepal travel executives arrested for scamming millions with fake mountain rescues
Fake documents, including passenger and cargo manifests for helicopter flights, medical invoices and hospital reports, were allegedly sent to insurance companies.
- Binaj Gurubacharya
I left my husband and kids at home to go trekking with my dad. It changed our relationship
We’d struggled to have deep conversations, until we were alone, thousands of miles from home.
- Susan Reoch
‘Could have saved him’: How Chinny’s dream climb became a deadly nightmare
The Australian should have celebrated his 50th birthday having just conquered one of Nepal’s great mountains. He died on it instead as rescuers squabbled.
- Zach Hope
Perth mountaineer dies while climbing Nepal’s Himlung Himal
Chin-Tark ‘Chinny’ Chan’s friends and family are now calling on the community to donate to support Sherpa rescuers.
- Holly Thompson
Their son was caught in someone else’s war – and came home in a coffin
As he left his mountain home to work thousands of kilometres away, Bipin Joshi gave his parents and little sister a big hug. They now know there will be no more.
- Binod Ghimire and Pranav Baskar
Blizzard traps hundreds of hikers on Mount Everest
About 350 trekkers have been rescued from the eastern face of the world’s tallest mountain, while another 200 were still stranded after a weekend of heavy snowfall.
- Ryan Woo
‘They burned it’: Nepal’s capital is choked with smoke and gripped by fear
Days of violent protests have left the Himalayan former kingdom without a functioning government and with many of its institutions in ruins.
- Hannah Beech, Alex Travelli and Bhadra Sharma
World in pictures this week, September 11, 2025
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by The Age picture editors