Climbing Mount Everest is widely considered one of the most difficult challenges a mountaineer can undertake. Its towering ...

The earthquake, which struck the region that is home to Mount Qomolangma — known as Mount Everest around the world — has left 126 dead and hundreds injured. Disaster-relief efforts are currently ...

Forces of tourism on one hand and climate change on the other are posing huge challenges for these marginal environments.

"To the discerning eye, other mountains are visible—giants between 23,000 and 26,000 feet high. Not one of their slenderer heads even reaches their chief's shoulder. Beside Everest they escape ...

Mount Everest has suffered "traffic jams" this month, as climbers battled harsh weather to make it to the summit. Hundreds of climbers and their Sherpa guides signed up to scale the famous ...

Kathmandu, Nepal — Famed Sherpa guide Kami Rita reached the summit of Mount Everest for the 31st time Tuesday, breaking his own record for the most climbs to the top of the world's highest mountain.

One road I followed was through the Yarlung Tsanpo river gorges between Lhasa and Shigatse. That highway, G318, runs from Shanghai to Nepal border. Beyond Dingri, a turn off leads south, along a ...

A British mountain guide has scaled Mount Everest Sunday for the 19th time, breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world's highest mountain by a non-Sherpa guide.. Kenton Cool, 51 ...

Outside will be stationed in Nepal’s Mount Everest Base Camp for the 2025 spring climbing season. Here is your destination for all the news from the Himalayas.

Shigatse, a region known for its rich cultural heritage and proximity to Mount Everest, was severely affected. Entire villages were reduced to rubble, critical infrastructure such as roads and bridges ...

Roadside village between Shigatse and Dingri in 2000.[Photo by Bruce Connolly/chinadaily.com.cn] ... heading up to the Base Camp of Mount Qomolangma, known as Mount Everest in the West.