When Pemba Sherpa last spoke with her husband, Nepali sherpa Dawa Tshering, by phone in October, the guide was preparing to ...

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

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Cheddar Sherpa has scaled Mount Everest seven times while guiding Western climbers to the top of the world. He has narrowly escaped three avalanches and seen a dozen of his ...

The Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) will host the 2026 General Assembly of the International Climbing and ...

An Australian mountaineer has died just metres from the summit of one of the world’s highest mountains after falling ...

Nepali rescuers on Thursday searched for the bodies of multiple climbers killed in an avalanche this week, while Italy said ...

Among the mountain climbers who swarm into Nepal each year to see what heights they may surmount, there is one rule of thumb about the hiring of native porters. For climbs under 18,000 ft., the ...

Every year, hundreds of climbers visit Mount Everest’s base camp hoping to make it to the summit, helped along by sherpa guides who know the mountain intimately. BBC News has reported that at a ...

A joint Nepal–Korea expedition has successfully made the first-ever ascent of Chhuama Peak III (6,268m), located near Namdo ...

TEMPATHANG, Nepal — The treacherous trail that connects this remote Sherpa village in the Himalayas to the rest of the world was unusually crowded over the weekend as scores of voters walked for hours ...

KATHMANDU, Feb 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Pemba Sherpa last spoke with her husband, Nepali sherpa Dawa Tshering, by phone in October, the guide was preparing to lead his clients down ...