The majority of guides who lead tourists up Mount Everest are Sherpas, an ethnic group. Some Sherpa guides predict that soon, no one from their community will work on the mountain anymore. They said ...

Every year, hundreds of climbers attempt to summit Mount Everest. It's a feat seen by many as the ultimate mountaineering challenge but it's high-risk and difficult to complete alone. While some ...

While most know that climbing to the peak of Mount Everest is dangerous, the weather is now putting hikers in the mountain's ...

Green Boots is one of the famous markings that is used by climbers as a marking during their path to the top. As per the name ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Famed Sherpa guide Kami Rita reached the summit of Mount Everest for the 31st time Tuesday, breaking his own record for the most climbs to the top of the world’s highest ...

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The highest camp on the world’s tallest mountain is littered with garbage that is going to take years to clean up, according to a Sherpa who led a team that worked to clear trash and dig up dead ...

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) – A mountaineering official in Nepal says a Sherpa guide has been killed while fixing the climbing route on Mount Everest. It is the first death reported during the popular spring ...

The elite Sherpa team tasked with fixing ropes to the top of Lhotse summited today, marking the first summit of the season on the Himalayan peak. Lhotse, meaning "South Peak" in Tibetan and the 4th ...

One hiker has died and hundreds of others were rescued after sudden heavy snowfall on the Tibetan Plateau and near Mount ...

Hundreds still trapped on Mount Everest as rescuers battle heavy snow - Heavy snowfall has left hundreds stuck at an ...

Poland's Andrzej Bargiel became the first climber to ski down the world's highest mountain without supplemental oxygen, his ...