When Nepal was hit by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake on April 25, 2015, Danu Sherpa didn’t even have to think about it; he knew he had to go back to his home country. He booked a flight that same night, ...

First death in 2026: Veteran guide Lakpa Dende Sherpa died en route to Everest Base Camp, marking the season’s first fatality for Nepal’s guiding industry. High pay, high risk: Everest porters can ...

Ming Temba Sherpa, Halung Dorchi Sherpa, Tashi Lakpa Sherpa and Pasang Nurbu Sherpa pose for a group photo ahead of the news conference organised before heading to attempt the record for the winter ...

A Nepal Sherpa guide set a new record Wednesday for the number of times a single climber has scaled Mount Everest. Kami Rita, 53, reached the peak of the 29,032-foot mountain for the 27th time, just ...

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Cheddar Sherpa has scaled Mount Everest seven times while guiding Western climbers to the top of the world. He has narrowly escaped three avalanches and seen a dozen of his ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s government honored record-holding climbers Monday during celebrations of the first ascent of Mount Everest 70 years ago. The celebrations come amid a growing concern ...

Since well before Tenzing Norgay Sherpa made the first ascent of Everest in 1953 with Sir Edmund Hillary, Sherpas have been an essential part of Nepal’s climbing culture—typically as the guys ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Apa Sherpa has stood on top of the world more times than all but one other person. Now he wants to make sure no one feels compelled to follow in his footsteps. As a boy growing ...

As I explained at length in The Kathmandu Backstory: Michael Kobold And Sir Ranulph Fiennes On Conquering Everest, Being Loyal, And Literally Exercising Gratitude, Kobold Expedition Tools (formerly ...