The World's Highest Mountains Elite mountaineer Kristin Harila crushes 8,000-meter peaks. Climbing the ‘eight-thousanders’ ...

The following story is based on Business Insider's short film about Sherpas, an ethnic group known for their mountaineering prowess on Mount Everest. The film, "Why Some Sherpas Say There Won't Be ...

Nepali officials expect to start using the drones in March 2025. Mount Everest officials to employ drones to deal with ...

In 1953 Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary become the first two people to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Just under 10 years later, Norgay made his mark in another place of wild beauty — ...

Panaji, It's impossible to even reach the Everest base camp, let alone summit the peak, without the guidance of the Sherpas, ...

A 30-year-old woman from Lithuania scaled Mera Peak becoming the first deafblind woman to scale the 6,476-metre mountain.

Actor Manisha Koirala praises a documentary highlighting the Sherpas' crucial role in mountain climbing. During an IFFI session, she lamented their challenging livelihoods. Filmmaker Lucy Walker ...

With Jost Kobusch making his third attempt this season, it is a good time to look back at Everest's winter climbing history.

Early on Oct. 9, Dawa Yangzum Sherpa took the final, labored steps to the pointy summit of Shishapangma (26,335 feet), the ...

The Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) has honored renowned Nepalese climber Pemba Rita Sherpa for unfurling NRNA flags ...

Kami Rita Sherpa broke his own record not just once, but twice after summiting Everest for a 24th time At least 11 people have died trying to climb Mount Everest this year. Kami Rita Sherpa ...

Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, hearing of the continuing British climbing expeditions to Mount Everest, came to India in 1933, hoping to be taken on for that year's expedition. He was not among those ...