The short flight from Kathmandu to Lukla offers the first true sense of the ... carried to the peak by privately hired local porters are all too familiar within the climbing community. Porters who are ...
A Nepalese team has retrieved the remains of Ondrej Huserka from the crevasse where he had fallen while descending Langtang ...
Nepali rescuers retrieved on Thursday the body of a top Slovak climber who died last week after climbing the 7,234-metre (23,734-feet) Langtang Lirung peak in the Himalayas.
In a previous existence I lived in Australia and spent lots of time in New Zealand, and in both countries Kathmandu kit ...
The world's highest mountain is buckling under the weight of its popularity. Thankfully, a few organizations have stepped in ...
A long-distance trek through Nepal’s Everest region offers lessons in Sherpa culture, rural mountain living, and humility.
On Oct. 9, Nima reached the top of the 8,027-meter (26,335-foot) Shishapangma along with his partner, Pasang Nurbu Sherpa.
Nima Rinji Sherpa’s ears are still tinged black from wind chill, an occupational hazard of climbing to heights where humans ...
Nima Rinji Sherpa’s ears are still tinged black from wind chill, an occupational hazard of climbing to heights where humans ...
Speaking to CNN via video call from the Nepali capital Kathmandu last week ... “That means we’re climbing an 8,000-meter mountain in winter… There’s no fixed ropes for us, there’s ...