For Nepal, getting Everest tourism right is key. International tourism is a crucial source of foreign exchange and jobs for ...

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

The Mount Everest Season Begins The spring climbing season will begin in the next several weeks in the Himalayas – including teams headed to Mount Everest. The ...

DENVER — Ngima Nuru Sherpa is small in stature, but he stands tall in the annals of Mount Everest. The 5-foot-7, 150-pound native of Nepal’s Khumbu region has reached the summit of the world ...

up the Khumbu region, their Sherpa teams have been diligently preparing the Basecamps that will populate the base of Mt. Everest over the next several months. Sherpas, an ethnic group native to ...

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 ...

Seventy-two years after Sir Edmund Hillary became the first person to summit Mount Everest, Alex Hillary is carrying on his ...

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 ...

For the local Sherpa communities and other indigenous groups, Mount Everest holds spiritual and cultural importance. The mountain is considered sacred, a home to deities and a symbol of natural ...

The Sherpa people, indigenous to the region, play a crucial role in the history and exploration of Mount Everest. Renowned for their mountaineering skills and endurance at high altitudes ...