Kami Rita and fellow Sherpa guide Pasang Dawa have been competing for the title of most climbs of Everest.
Climbers say several of the 17 people killed or missing and presumed dead this season could have avoided the disaster.
Gelje Sherpa found the Malaysian hanging from a rope in an area where temperatures can dip below minus 30C.
Nepal’s mountains captivate both adventurers and tourists and bring a vital lifeline to surrounding villages.
Conditions on the peak raise concerns for mountaineering community and people whose livelihoods depend on visitors.
Hari Budha Magar, a former Gurkha soldier for British army in Afghanistan, now wants to help people with disabilities.
Kami Rita reclaims record after another Nepalese Sherpa tied it by reaching Himalayan peak for the 26th time on Sunday.
More than 900 climbers to head up world’s highest peak four years after at least four deaths blamed on overcrowding.
Rising temperatures make it harder for visitors and locals to reach the peak.
Sherpa becomes the first person to climb the world’s 14 tallest peaks twice after reaching top of Gasherbrum II.
A Sherpa family considers breaking a taboo to climb the most sacred and dangerous mountain in the Himalayas.
Shehroze Kashif youngest ever to summit the world’s second-highest mountain, two months after climbing Mt Everest.
![In May, Shehroze Kashif became the youngest Pakistani to scale Mount Everest [Twitter]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/E7W7PRUX0AM_E5O.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
101 East travels to Nepal to meet the Sherpa women defying tradition to conquer the world’s highest mountain.
Sherpa villages in the lap of Mount Everest are reeling from COVID-19 as climbing season ends on world’s highest peak.
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