Those rescued included guides, yak herders and trekkers, who were trapped in a heavy snowstorm that began on Friday.

About 900 hikers, guides and other staff who were stranded by a weekend snowstorm on the Chinese side of Mount Everest have ...

Nepal has successfully recovered the body of a Korean climber who died on Mera Peak after a snow blizzard that hit the ...

Heavy snow has trapped hundreds of hikers at tourist campsites on a slope of Mount Everest in Tibet, Chinese state media ...

Gombu accompanied us 13 diehards for a few days on the Sandakphu Phalut trek, known for its sunrises and sunsets and its tall ...

“Skiing history has just been made! @andrzejbargiel just became the first person to climb up and ski down Mount Everest ...

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

Mountaineering in 2025 has taken a shift away from surviving weeks on the mountainside and moved towards pushing the limits of endurance, logistics, and speed. Several climbers have already set ...

MOUNT VERNON — Lakpa Rita Sherpa and his younger brother Kami Rita Sherpa grew up in a small village on the flanks of Mount Everest. The 59-year-old Lakpa Rita Sherpa has summited the world’s tallest ...

MOUNT VERNON — A group of Skagit Valley residents enjoyed the opportunity of a lifetime July 19 when they climbed Mount Baker with Mount Everest icons Lakpa Rita Sherpa and Kami Rita Sherpa. Making ...

Last month, as the 2025 climbing season began on Mount Everest, Nepal’s upper house of Parliament introduced a tourism bill that includes a suite of new rules that would significantly raise the bar ...