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Ten Nepali climbers reached the top of Mount Everest late Friday from its southern approach, opening the route for hundreds of summit hopefuls. Most Everest hopefuls are each escorted by a Nepali guide, meaning more than 800 climbers will…

Mount Everest was once a deadly lure for adventurous climbers. Now, sending tourists to the summit is big business.

Oscar-winning indie banner See-Saw Films (“The King’s Speech,” “The Power of the Dog”) is lining up a biopic of Tenzing Norgay, the legendary Nepalese-Indian mountaineer who summited Mount Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary in 1953, becoming…

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winning producer See-Saw Films (The King’s Speech) is gearing up on Tenzing, about the inspirational life of Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and his summit of Mount Everest in 1953 alongside fellow outsider New Zealander Edmund…

The new film “The QUEST: Everest VR” provides a dizzying perspective of the world's highest peak with zero danger of frostbite or avalanches

On Everest’s more heavily traversed Nepal side, fields of garbage – including cans, bottles, plastic and human and animal excrement are found

Every spring, hundreds of hopefuls make the trek to the world’s tallest summit and the surrounding high peaks. This is your base camp for all the news from the Himalayas.

When Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary made history by reaching the summit, a mail courier named Ten Tsewang Sherpa ran 200 miles to Kathmandu to deliver the news. His efforts ended up killing him. His grandson and I retraced his steps.

A team of 12 Nepalis is slated to ascend Mount Everest this month to bring five dead bodies down from the peak. Recovery missions come with a soaring price tag and a heightened potential for disaster.

George Mallory, 37, and Sandy Irvine, 22, were last seen alive on the northeast ridge of the mountain at around 12pm on June 8 1924.

One of Mount Everest's deadliest passages, the Khumbu Icefall, delayed this year's climbing season by nearly 2 weeks and will only get worse.

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Nepal Supreme Court has issued a mandamus to the government of Nepal, instructing to impose a limit on the number of climbing permits for peaks in Nepal, which includes Mount Everest.

Nepali officials recently tested a cargo drone on the world’s highest peak, and believe aerial devices could reduce foot traffic in the deadly Khumbu Icefall

SINGAPORE, May 2 — At just five years old, Abyan Imtiaz Irkiz has become the youngest Singaporean to reach the Mount Eve...

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. The 54-year-old Sherpa climber and Sherpa guide already hold a record of 28 ascends of 8848.86 meters tall Mount Everest. This season he aims to break his record with 29th ascend which…

Mountain tourism brings revenues to Nepal but leaves a mess behind. Local and international groups are offering new cleanup strategies.

Five questions with the ‘Free Solo’ star about his future plans in big-wall climbing, high-altitude mountaineering, and outdoor filmmaking

In his final letter to his wife before he vanished on Mount Everest a century ago, George Mallory tried to ease her worries even as he said his chances of reaching the world's highest peak were "50 to 1 against us." The letter, digitized…