Mera Peak is known as the world's highest trekking peak – but is that moniker at odds with the facts on the ground? Captain ...

Between mid-April and mid-May, the drones operated by Nepal-based firm Airlift Tech­nology handled more than 280kg of refuse, according to the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee, a local ...

Sherpas working on Mount Everest carry 20 kilograms (44 pounds) per person, navigated a four hour hike through the ...

“We’re very happy,” said Lhakpa Nuru Sherpa, a 33-year-old Sherpa at local expeditions firm Asian Trekking who has reached ...

Enlisting drones can help speed up the process to collect rubbish and reduce the danger for Sherpas. Read more at ...

In his latest video dispatch, Ben Ayers explains why climbers and guides frequently catch the dreaded “Khumbu Cough” ...

We often focus only on success, but this book is about failure and not giving up,’ said author and mountaineer Samir Patham ...

In 2019, while in Peru as a camp counselor, Tyler Andrews set his first Fastest Known Time (FKT) on the 37.9-mile Salkantay ...

Rising temperatures and intense human activity are destabilising the icy terrain, risking the lives of climbers and sherpas.

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This spring climbing season saw Pakistani mountaineers make notable achievements on the world’s highest peaks. Here is a ...