The majority of guides who lead tourists up Mount Everest are Sherpas, an ethnic group. Some Sherpa guides predict that soon, no one from their community will work on the mountain anymore. They said ...

Every year, hundreds of climbers attempt to summit Mount Everest. It's a feat seen by many as the ultimate mountaineering challenge but it's high-risk and difficult to complete alone. While some ...

Lhakpa Sherpa is a climber who holds the female record for the most Mount Everest summits. A new Netflix documentary reveals how Sherpa battled abuse while pursuing her climbing dreams. Sherpa is ...

The highest camp on the world’s tallest mountain is littered with garbage that is going to take years to clean up, according to a Sherpa who led a team that worked to clear trash and dig up dead ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal -- A Nepali Sherpa has reached the top of Everest for the 27th time, breaking the world record for total number of summits of the world's tallest, and one of its deadliest, mountains.

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Famed Sherpa guide Kami Rita reached the summit of Mount Everest for the 31st time Tuesday, breaking his own record for the most climbs to the top of the world’s highest ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Just when Nepal’s climbing industry was recovering from last year’s deadly avalanche on Mount Everest, another avalanche triggered by last month’s earthquake killed 19 people, ...

KATHMANDU, NepalKATHMANDU, Nepal — One of the greatest Mount Everest guides on Wednesday expressed concerns about the peak’s growing piles of garbage, as he was honored by his government to mark ...

Andrzej Bargiel, 37, completes the first oxygen-free ski descent of Mount Everest after spending 16 hours in the dangerous ...

Poland's Andrzej Bargiel became the first climber to ski down the world's highest mountain without supplemental oxygen, his team said.