Nepal’s Sherpas consider Mt. Everest climbing boycott Calls for climbing boycott come as Buddhist monks cremate remains of Sherpa guides who were buried in deadliest avalanche to hit Mount Everest.

Mount Everest, standing proudly at 8,849 meters above sea level, is the highest peak on Earth and a dream destination for ...

A climber's boot scattered during the avalanche on Mount Everest triggered by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Nepal on April 25, 2015.

I traveled on a 12-day trip with Mountain Lodges of Nepal, which specializes in small-group travel and covers a route notably different from the "Everest Highway" that many trekkers take.

It will be Kuriki's fifth attempt at Everest. His four previous bids to reach the top of the 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) mountain were unsuccessful.

Every year, thousands of Canadians visit Nepal. They’re drawn to the historic capital of Kathmandu, the soaring heights of Everest and the region’s famous Annapurna mountain range.

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepal’s mountaineering community celebrated the first conquest of Mount Everest 64 years ago on Monday, as well as this year’s climbing season, during which hundreds scaled the ...

Browse here. Nepal had never previously measured the height of Mount Everest on its own but had used the 8,848 meters (29,028 feet) estimate made by the Survey of India in 1954 that includes snow.

Several climbers are still unaccounted for. Saturday, April 25, 2015, is now believed to have been the deadliest day on Everest. Related: After Nepal’s earthquake, a powerful aftershock ...

Climbing will reopen on Mount Everest next week after damage to routes caused by avalanches that were set off by a huge earthquake, one of which killed 18 climbers at base camp, senior officials ...