Blizzards. Whiteouts. Death at 29,000 feet. When hundreds of climbers were trapped on Mount Everest during the storm of the century, survival became the only goal. With temperatures plunging below ...

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 ...

Anish! Anish! Oi, Anish! Wake up!” Phurba Dai, our sardar—the expedition leader—shouted in his deep, commanding voice. “It’s ...

From relocating base camp to limiting climbers and reclaiming fixed ropes, the government’s new action plan seeks to reverse ...

The Everest Region offers a diverse range of trekking and peak climbing adventures that accommodate adventurers of all types.

Looking for a good read for the adventurer in your life this Christmas? Here are half a dozen recommended stocking-fillers, writes Roger Cox ...

I learn that success isn't measured in metres gained but in how we handle the moment when plans dissolve. The mountain ...

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Mount Everest has always inspired me. That jagged 8,848-meter peak, piercing the clouds, is a photographer’s dream. I still remember my first glimpse from a helicopter window: the Khumbu Glacier ...

On September 22, 2025, the Polish mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel accomplished an astounding feat when he climbed and skied from the top of Mt. Everest via the South Col Route without supplemental oxygen, ...

FILE - Kanchha Sherpa, 91, who was among the 35 members in the team that put New Zealander Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay atop the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) peak on May 29, 1953, ...