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 ...

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 ...

When Pasang Nuru Sherpa recalls his childhood in the quiet village of Pangboche, in the foothills of Sagarmatha, the Nepali name for Everest, his memories take him back to the gentle hum of daily ...

As the Diplomat reports, leisure helicopter rides have been banned since January 1 in Nepal's Sagarmatha National Park.

We were five Americans, our guide Sunil and six Sherpa porters. Our trek was from Lukla, Nepal to Mount Everest base camp. The round-trip distance is about 100 miles with no flat trail area.

The extraordinary, near-total takeover of the Everest guiding industry by Sherpas (a “Sherpa” being not, as many believe, a profession, but a member of an ethnic group) is a major subject of ...

We were five Americans, our guide Sunil and six Sherpa porters. Our trek was from Lukla, Nepal to Mount Everest base camp. The round trip distance is about 100 miles with no flat trail area.

the first man to climb Everest twice. They also met Dorjee Lhatoo, part of the next generation of Darjeeling Sherpas, a treasure chest of knowledge and an important ally for their project.

but two Sherpas had died supporting their duel. “That’s what was so excruciating to me,” says Ellen Miller, Metcalfe’s mentor in Vail and the first American woman to climb Mt. Everest from the north ...

“Helicopter tourism” that brings trekkers to Base Camp of Sagarmatha (Everest) in Nepal and bypasses the long trek there is taking a toll on local Sherpa communities. By cutting short visitors ...

Sherpas on the Summit of Mount Everest / John Waechter Such new regulations further dampen the romance and purity of climbing, a time when mountaineers went to big mountains, assessed the risks ...