Pastemba Sherpa, a Mount Everest guide, breaks down every piece of gear Sherpa guides use to summit the world's tallest mountain. All of this equipment needs to be carried up and back, so guides ...

Teaming up with Nepali Sirdar Nima Kanchha Sherpa, the pair rode and carried their bikes to the top of the ... 7,050m on the ...

K Expeditions will fix the ropes from Camp 2 to the summit of Everest. Owner Lakpa Sherpa spoke to ExplorersWeb about the ...

The word 'Sherpa' is commonly used to describe someone who is a mountain guide or porter working in the Everest area. But Sherpa is actually the name of an ethnic group of people who live in the ...

A Sherpa scaled Mount Everest in 10 hours and 56 minutes, setting a new record for the fastest climb of the world's highest mountain. Lakpa Gyelu, 35, broke a record set by fellow Sherpa guide ...

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 ...

over a third were mountain guides. More from So Expensive Everest climbing-guide services — often provided by people of the Sherpa ethnic group — can cost $10,000 per expedition. At this price ...

A team of Sherpas has fixed ropes as far as Camp 2 on Annapurna. On Saturday, they begin work on the treacherous section ...

Gelje Sherpa (pic), 30, was guiding a Chinese client to the 8,849m (29,032ft) Everest summit on May 18 when he saw the Malaysian climber clinging to a rope and shivering from extreme cold in the ...

He has also been a regular advocate of the importance of Nepali mountain guides and the need for more action to recognise their contributions. Ethnic Sherpas from the valleys around Everest are a ...