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Seven Climbers From Five Countries Died in Under a Minute on a Nepal Peak Almost No One Had Heard Of

On November 3, 2025, an avalanche buried a climbing camp on Yalung Ri, a 5,630-metre peak in Nepal's Rolwaling valley, in one of the deadliest single…

By Laxman Rawal · Jul 28, 2026

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At around mid-morning on November 3, 2025, an avalanche broke loose above a climbing camp on Yalung Ri, a 5,630-metre peak in the Rolwaling valley of Nepal's Dolakha district. Fifteen climbers were on the slope, acclimatizing before an attempt on the…

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What this means for trekkers

What this means for you Every death on that list happened to a climbing expedition on exposed, off-trail snow slopes — not to trekkers walking the maintained teahouse trails of Everest, Annapurna or Langtang. That distinction matters. A standard guided trek…

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