The third edition of the Tenzing Norgay Sherpa Open Climbing Competition will be organised on May 29, 2026, organisers ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepal's government honored record-holding climbers Monday during celebrations of the first ascent of Mount Everest 70 years ago. The celebrations come amid a growing concern about ...

Climate change speeds up melting of glaciers, ice More sherpas consider quitting job due to dangers Concerns over lack of welfare for bereaved families KATHMANDU, Feb 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - ...

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - A Nepali teenager, the youngest person ever to scale all 14 of the world’s tallest peaks, says he wants to use his skills to benefit the Himalayan nation’s Sherpa community and ...

A Nepal Sherpa guide set a new record Wednesday for the number of times a single climber has scaled Mount Everest. Kami Rita, 53, reached the peak of the 29,032-foot mountain for the 27th time, just ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — A Sherpa teenager who's won mountaineering celebrity as the youngest person ever to summit the world's 14 highest peaks called for Sherpas to be recognized as athletes and ...

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Cheddar Sherpa has scaled Mount Everest seven times while guiding Western climbers to the top of the world. He has narrowly escaped three avalanches and seen a dozen of his ...