A helicopter from Altitude Air crash-landed in Nepal's Mt Everest region while attempting to rescue tourists stranded due to ...
Former high-altitude skier Hans Kammerlander is not impressed with Andrzej Bargiel's recent ski descent of Everest without ...
A series of events that marked the 50th anniversary of the British expedition to climb the south west face of Everest, has raised more ...
The Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) celebrated its 52nd anniversary on Saturday at its Nagpokhari-based secretariat in Kathmandu with a ceremony recognizing the achievements of climbers, ...
A five-member team has made the first recorded ascent of Mt. Pathibhara (6,686m) in eastern Nepal’s Taplejung district, ...
Few Seattle University alums have reached the heights that Jim Whittaker did—literally. On May 1, 1963, Whittaker, ’52, along with Sherpa Nawang Gombu, became the first American to summit Mount ...
That’s precisely what professional ski mountaineer Jim Morrison did on October 15, 2025, when he became the first person in ...
Shinty has reached new heights after a 12-year-old player made it to Everest Base Camp with his caman - and even had time to ...
Qomolangma's Camp IV is the most polluted site, and cleaning it requires enormous resources, Parajuli said. "We estimate a ...
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Heavy snowfall in Khumbu

Heavy snowfall has hit upper Khumbu in Solukhumbu district, home to Mount Everest. It began Monday evening as clouds rolled in and intensified Tuesday morning above Thyangboche in Pasang Lhamu Rural ...
Three British and Irish women and 12 trekking guides from Nepal have been stranded in a remote valley in the Himalayas for ...