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

Sherpas navigate extreme conditions and treacherous pathways as they act as porters and guides for climbers summiting Everest ...

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

Cecilia Vega journeys to the Himalayas, trekking to Everest Base Camp. Guiding her is 19-year-old Nima Rinji Sherpa, the ...

Climate change speeds up melting of glaciers, ice More sherpas consider quitting job due to dangers Concerns over lack of welfare for bereaved families KATHMANDU, Feb 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - ...

Climbing the world’s 14 highest peaks — all located in the Himalayas — has long represented the ultimate objective in alpinism. From K2 to Annapurna, these mountains present some of the toughest ...

KATHMANDU (Reuters) -Nepali Sherpa guide Kami Rita scaled Mount Everest for the 31st time on Tuesday, breaking the record he set last year. The 55-year-old reached the 8,849-metre (29,032 foot) peak - ...

"He reached the summit this morning. He had trained well and I was confident he would do it," his father Tashi Sherpa told AFP. Summiting all 14 "eight-thousanders" is considered the peak of ...

When Tsherin Sherpa was growing up, his grandmother told him tales about spirits that were attached to mountains and rivers. That bond with the spiritual resides deep within Sherpa’s psyche still, and ...

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Had it not been for the coronavirus, Nepali climbing guide Tashi Lakpa Sherpa would have been on Mount Everest now, guiding clients and trying to add another feather in his cap - ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — One of the greatest Mount Everest guides on Wednesday expressed concerns about the peak's growing piles of garbage, as he was honored by his government to mark Everest Day. Sherpa ...