When the iconic American television show went on a 10-day trek to the Mount Everest Base Camp, the team knew they were in for ...

Sherpas are the porters and guides who risk their lives to help others reach the summit of Everest, often with little ...

FILE - A bird flies in the backdrop of Mount Everest, as seen from Namche Bajar, Solukhumbu district, Nepal on May 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File) KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An Indian and a ...

Everest today is a booming, multi-million-dollar, high-altitude industry. Guided climbs fetch six-figure sums and Base Camp, ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal(AP) — Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the mountaineering expedition team that first conquered Mount Everest, died early Thursday, according to the Nepal Mountaineering ...

KANCHHA SHERPA. Sir Edmund Hillary, from New Zealand, and his Sherpa teammate Tenzing Norgay were the first climbers to successfully summit Mt. Everest on May 29, 1953. Mt. Everest stands 29,029 ft., ...

On 11 May, 35 years ago, Tim Macartney-Snape stepped onto the summit of Mt Everest for the second time, in doing so, becoming the first person to have climbed the peak from sea level. He had walked ...

“The candle is burning down now and I must stop.” Those were among the final words of Sir George Mallory, the most infamous casualty of those who have died trying to summit the world’s highest ...

The plan, drafted by the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, will run from 2025 to 2029 and keep Nepal's ...