A new biopic on Sherpa Tenzing Norgay‘s world-first ascent of Mt Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary began filming in Nepal this ...

A woman with incurable breast cancer is preparing to travel to the Himalayas to take part in the world's highest marathon.

The Nepal government drafted an Integrated Tourism Bill that states that any climber wanting to scale Mount Everest (28,029ft ...

Nepal is tightening access to Mount Everest by requiring climbers to summit a 7 000-metre mountain first, aiming to improve ...

In his latest dispatch from the hike to Mount Everest Base Camp, the writer discusses how the booming tourism industry has ...

especially on Mount Everest. The highest mountain in the world stands at 29,029 feet. The mountain's summit remained elusive until 1953, when Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay ...

It is held on 29 May to celebrate the Everest ascent by Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Sir Edmund Hillary on the same date in 1953. Dr Burke is due to travel to Nepal on 15 May, as before the marathon ...

"My thoughts are with Lady Hillary, Sir Edmund's children ... He was an heroic figure who not only 'knocked off' Everest but lived a life of determination, humility, and generosity.