Climbers Told His Family He Died on Mt. Everest. Then Sherpas Found Him Stripped Down but Very Much Alive

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

She Started Coughing Minutes Before Summiting Mount Everest, Then Feared for Her Life (Exclusive)

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

Widows of Nepal's Sherpa guides fear rising climate-fuelled risks

When Pemba Sherpa last spoke with her husband, Nepali sherpa Dawa Tshering, by phone in October, the guide was preparing to ...
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Avalanche hits Nepal’s Mount Yalung Ri, killing seven climbers

The Kathmandu Post, citing local officials, reported on Tuesday that the avalanche hit the team of 15 people as they were ...
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Kanchha Sherpa, the Last Surviving Member of the 1953 Mount Everest Expedition, Has Died

Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the 1953 expedition to reach the top of Mount Everest, died on Thursday, October 16. Kanchha Sherpa was 92. Outside interviewed Kanchha Sherpa’s son, ...
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8 Best Mount Everest Documentaries, Ranked

Anja Djuricic was born in Belgrade, Serbia, in 1992. Her first interest in film started very early, as she learned to speak English by watching Disney animated movies (and many, many reruns). Anja ...
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Kanchha Sherpa, last surviving member of pioneering Mount Everest expedition, dies at 92

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the mountaineering expedition team that first conquered Mount Everest, died early Thursday, according to the Nepal Mountaineering ...