Outside spoke to the 92-year-old’s family members about the role he played in helping Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary ...

Bhadra Sharma is a journalist covering South Asia focusing on climbing, mountains, climate change, geopolitics and social affairs.

Prayer flags frame a rescue helicopter as it ferries the injured from Everest Base Camp on April 26, 2015, a day after an avalanche triggered by an earthquake devastated the camp.

After years of planning, the mountaineer Jim Morrison successfully descended the narrow Hornbein Couloir—notching an ...

After years of planning, the mountaineer Jim Morrison successfully descended the narrow Hornbein Couloir—notching an ...

Nima Tshiring had eight sons and a daughter and although he never submitted himself, most of them have climbed Mt Everest at ...

The images of Andrzej Bargiel of Poland skiing down a lonely, snowy Everest, on the first complete descent without supplementary oxygen, have made headlines around the world. However, until now, we ...

Beijing — About 900 hikers, guides and other staff who were stranded by a weekend blizzard in a valley on the Chinese side of Mount Everest have reached safety, state media said late Tuesday. The ...

Rescuers were helping hundreds of hikers trapped by heavy snow at tourist campsites on a slope of Mount Everest in Tibet, Chinese state media said.About 350 hikers had reached a meeting point in ...

Hundreds of hikers are stranded near Mount Everest due to a powerful blizzard that showered the Himalayas, Reuters reported, citing Chinese state media CCTV. Snowfall in the area began on the evening ...

Avalanche defenseman Erik Johnson on Wednesday announced that he is retiring after 17 seasons in the NHL. Through good times and bad, Erik Johnson is a unique character in Avalanche history: “Awesome ...