Sherpas also set up climbing ropes and ladders along the route, and are responsible for making the camps that shelter ...

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Nepal’s mountaineering community has celebrated the 72nd anniversary of the conquest of the world’s highest peak.

Climbers are split over a British team’s use of xenon gas to climb Mount Everest in just four days. One Wyoming Everest ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s government said on Tuesday it has a “duty to protect” the Himalayas from the risks presented ...