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

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The Nepali climbers are the first to summit K2 ... the world's second highest mountain, in winter. Mountaineer Nimsdai Purja, a member of the group, said they reached the peak at 17:00 local ...

Kathmandu — An 18-year-old Nepali mountaineer on Wednesday broke the record for the youngest person to summit all 14 of the world's 8,000-meter (26,246-foot) peaks, his team said. Nima Rinji ...

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

Speaking to CNN via video call from the Nepali capital Kathmandu last week, Nima said he’s taking a couple weeks’ rest before preparing to climb the world’s eighth-highest mountain ...

Environmental activists have said that the United Nations must incorporate concerns about high-mountain plastic pollution in the upcoming International Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution, ...

Mount Everest saw two record-breaking climbs on Sunday with a Nepali sherpa making the most ... Kami Rita Sherpa, 54, scaled the world's tallest mountain for a 29th time while British man Kenton ...