$20 million scam at 30,000 feet: Everest guides accused of poisoning trekkers for insurance payouts | World News

[ad_1] Nepal’s tourism industry is facing one of its most serious controversies in years after police uncovered a $20 million insurance fraud scheme linked to Mount Everest trekking routes. Authorities say a network of guides, trekking agencies, helicopter operators and medical personnel worked together to exploit international travellers by deliberately inducing illness and orchestrating unnecessary […]

Stranded at 16,000 feet: Blizzard traps hundreds of Mount Everest trekkers; watch

[ad_1] Hundreds of trekkers stranded by a sudden blizzard near Mount Everest’s eastern face in Tibet have been brought to safety, where a snowstorm has trapped nearly 1,000 people in campsites, Chinese state media reported on Sunday, as heavy snow and rain battered the Himalayas.By Sunday, 350 trekkers had reached the small township of Qudang, […]