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 ...

In a few days, Sherpa specialists on Mount Everest will begin heading up the Khumbu Icefall with ropes, ladders, and ice anchors. These Icefall Doctors will open the route to Camp 1. From there, 8K ...

A new adrenaline-fuelled experience is allowing travellers to see the Himalayas in a new way – and helping local Sherpa ...

Kanchha Sherpa during an interview at his residence in Kathmandu, Nepal, in March 2024 [File: Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo] Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the mountaineering team that ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Just when Nepal’s climbing industry was recovering from last year’s deadly avalanche on Mount Everest, another avalanche triggered by last month’s earthquake killed 19 people, ...

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 ...

Retired Los Angeles lawyer watched the avalanche bury his Sherpa. April 22, 2014— -- He spent two years and more than $100,000 in an attempt to climb Mount Everest, only to get as close as a high ...

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 ...