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 ...

Thanks to the new drones, officials can more effectively remove trash on Mount Everest without risking the lives of Sherpa ...

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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 ...

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

Nepali rescuers dangling from a rope beneath a helicopter swooped in to retrieve the frozen corpses of five Russian ...

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, ...

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