As of 8 am on Monday, a total of 137 stranded trekkers have been safely evacuated with stable vital signs, while one unfortunately died from hypothermia and altitude sickness, after a sudden snowstorm ...

From 6,500 meters above sea level, a drone rises over the jagged icefields and snow-capped ridges of Mount Qomolangma. It glides past iconic waypoints: Camp I, the Windy Gap, Camp II, the Death Zone, ...

After more than a decade of dispute and controversy, China and Nepal have finally agreed on how tall Mount Everest is. The world’s highest peak, which sits at Nepal’s border with Tibet in the ...

KATHMANDU, 14 May (BelTA - Xinhua) - Xia Boyu, 70, on Monday scaled the world's highest peak Qomolangma as the first double amputee climber from the Nepali side, government officials confirmed. Till ...

Kathmandu: Kanchha Sherpa, the only surviving member of the mountaineering expedition team that first conquered Mount Everest, died early Thursday, according to the Nepal Mountaineering Association.