Every year, hundreds of climbers attempt to summit Mount Everest. It's a feat seen by many as the ultimate mountaineering challenge but it's high-risk and difficult to complete alone. While some ...

Lhakpa Sherpa is a climber who holds the female record for the most Mount Everest summits. A new Netflix documentary reveals how Sherpa battled abuse while pursuing her climbing dreams. Sherpa is ...

Filmmaker Lucy Walker goes beyond the striking mountain vistas in this portrait of an admirable Nepali woman who became a victim of domestic violence. Walker first presents segments of an interview ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Just when Nepal’s climbing industry was recovering from last year’s deadly avalanche on Mount Everest, another avalanche triggered by last month’s earthquake killed 19 people, ...

In 2006, an Australian climber was left behind on Mt. Everest after being assumed dead, but he was very much alive, and ...

Kathmandu, Nepal — Famed Sherpa guide Kami Rita reached the summit of Mount Everest for the 31st time Tuesday, breaking his own record for the most climbs to the top of the world's highest mountain.

KATHMANDU, May 27 (Reuters) - Nepali Sherpa guide Kami Rita scaled Mount Everest for the 31st time on Tuesday, breaking the record he set last year. The 55-year-old reached the 8,849-metre (29,032 ...

Julia Lyubova, 44, climbed all 29,032 feet of Mount Everest this past spring. The expert climber caught an altitude sickness ...

(AP) Most Sherpa mountain climbers have decided to leave Mount Everest, a guide said Tuesday, confirming a walkout certain to disrupt a climbing season that was already marked by grief over the 16 ...

The elite Sherpa team tasked with fixing ropes to the top of Lhotse summited today, marking the first summit of the season on the Himalayan peak. Lhotse, meaning "South Peak" in Tibetan and the 4th ...