Two Sherpa women who made history on Everest are being honored in different ways. The U.S. Geological Survey announced last week that a crater at the Moon’s south pole will bear the name of Nepal’s ...

This documentary tells the story of Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, the first Nepali woman to summit Earth’s highest mountain. By Ben Kenigsberg When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film ...

A 55-year-old Nepali man has broken his own world record for climbing Mount Everest, summiting Earth’s highest mountain for the 31st time. Kami Rita, a Sherpa climbing guide known as “Everest Man”, ...

KATHMANDU (Reuters) -Nepali Sherpa guide Kami Rita scaled Mount Everest for the 31st time on Tuesday, breaking the record he set last year. The 55-year-old reached the 8,849-metre (29,032 foot) peak - ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Hundreds of climbers and their Sherpa guides scaled Mount Everest this month in Nepal, struggling against harsh weather to make it to the summit of the world’s highest mountain ...

Pasang Lhamu Sherpa was the first Nepali woman to climb Mt Everest, but she died on the descent. She is a national icon, but few have heard of Lhakpa Sherpa, the first Nepali woman to scale the ...

Kami Rita Sherpa has broken his own record for climbing to the summit of Mount Everest, reaching the peak for the 31st time on Tuesday. Now 55, Kami Rita first climbed to the top of the world's ...

"She is in a league of her own." Netflix has revealed the main official trailer for a documentary film titled Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa, arriving for streaming on Netflix this ...

Draft plan calls for waste rangers, higher fees, and stricter rules to tackle the tallest peak’s longstanding litter problem.