An unofficial hiking trail to the top of San Diego’s 84th highest, but perhaps most visible East County peak. Season: ...

Further, a new regulation would ban independent climbing on all the fourteen 8,000-meter peaks, requiring all climbers to hire a guide service – likely a Sherpa guide service. The new regulation ...

Makalu Climbing Team Retreats Shy of Summit With the retreat of the climbing team attempting a winter ascent on Makalu, the ...

It was a culmination of a decade-long effort that started when Purandare heard of the legendary climbing Sherpas of Darjeeling from renowned explorer Harish Kapadia. “Western literature usually ...

Vincent Sablich and Tamsin Hunt have won the second edition of Tenzing Norgay Sherpa Open Climbing Competition held at ...

As of September, everyone on the mountain must be accompanied by an expert guide, improving safety but potentially jeopardizing record attempts ...

Now, though, he’s in Golden, visiting Colorado’s growing Sherpa community and telling stories of his mountaineering achievements as a climbing guide. He’s also doing a little sightseeing ...

The price of a permit to climb the world’s highest peak will rise 36 percent later this year. Guides believe that climbers will still flock to the mountain.

Mount Everest's Sherpas are considering a climbing boycott following the deadliest avalanche in the mountain's history. Several Sherpas have already quit, while others are still mulling over a boycott ...

The first avalanche missed the only climbing team remaining on the mountain. A second avalanche hit mountaineer Mattia Conte of Italy and five Sherpas from Seven Summit Treks, all of whom survived ...