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By Mongabay.com A surge in “helicopter tourism” at Sagarmatha, the Nepali name for Mount Everest, is adversely affecting the ...

The commercialised operations are costing the mountain community precious livelihood, eroding their cultural way of life and ...

The Everest Base Camp trek offers a bucket-list adventure for trekkers worldwide, with costs varying significantly based on ...

Eco-friendly trekking in the Himalayas advances maintainable travel by minimizing natural effects and supporting neighborhood communities.

Everest Base Camp is a pinnacle for adventurers and nature enthusiasts, offering a trek through Nepal's Khumbu region.

It’s an extreme adventure playground that is there for the conquering – but increasingly, there are distressing stories of ...

Ngima Nuru Sherpa is small in stature, but he stands tall in the annals of Mount Everest. The 5-foot-7, 150-pound native of Nepal’s Khumbu region has reached the summit of the world’s tallest ...

Introduction Nepal, home to eight of the arena’s 14 highest peaks, is a the accommodation of the glorified soul for trekkers ...

Nepal has officially ended solo expeditions on Everest and other 8,000-metre peaks by amending its mountaineering regulations ...

We were five Americans, our guide Sunil and six Sherpa porters. Our trek was from Lukla, Nepal to Mount Everest base camp.