Simone Moro of Italy was airlifted to a hospital in Kathmandu today after suffering a heart attack while in the village of ...

Friday convened key government representatives, local authorities, development partners, and community organizations at the ...

Oswald Rodrigo Pereira of Poland has just completed a remarkably fast acclimatization ascent of 6,476m Mera Peak in Nepal’s Khumbu region, just days after arriving in the country. This was part of ...

There is often a binary choice for travelers to choose from in the world of high-altitude adventure. Either you are a trekker ...

I learn that success isn't measured in metres gained but in how we handle the moment when plans dissolve. The mountain ...

The pair will acclimatize on 6,476m Mera Peak before moving on to Manaslu. Theirs is the only winter 8,000m expedition so far this year.

Did you know this tiny country is home to eight of the world’s fourteen tallest mountains? Yeah. Welcome to Nepal. Snowy peaks glow as the sun creeps in. Sharp ridgelines. Endless quiet. This is the ...

They have been described as the water towers of the world, and with good reason. Glaciers are a vital source of fresh water for more than half of the global population, but as they shift and recede, ...

Scientists found a “large”-headed creature with spiny skin on a mountain in Nepal and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from S. Hofmann via Hofmann, Ohler, Baniya, Dubois, Flecks, ...

The treacherous Khumbu Icefall has opened on Mount Everest. The highest mountain in the world stands 29,029 feet. Located in the Himalayas on the Nepal-Tibet border, the iconic peak’s names – ...

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