The 50-day cleaning campaign in the Mt. Everest region ... handing over the campaign flag to Karki. The statement said an 18-member Sherpa team will assist the Nepal Army in its cleaning expedition.

Edmund Hillary, who gained worldwide fame after he and guide Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, has died after suffering a heart attack. New Zealander Hillary ...

About 3,000 of Nepal's more than 10,000 Sherpas reside in the Khumbu valley, the gateway to the southern side of Mount Everest. Because their physical prowess at high altitudes is unmatched ...

Nepali airlines have resumed helicopter rescue operations in the Everest ... Association of Nepal (AOAN) suspended all flights after protesters blocked landing sites with flags and warned pilots ...

One gradually gains altitude on the high Tibetan plain and, on crossing the last pass, one's entire view is filled with a panorama of the mythically charged horizon: Shishipangma, Mount Everest ...