Lhakpa Sherpa is a climber who holds the female record for the most Mount Everest summits. A new Netflix documentary reveals how Sherpa battled abuse while pursuing her climbing dreams. Sherpa is ...
Kanchha Sherpa during an interview at his residence in Kathmandu, Nepal, in March 2024 [File: Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo] Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the mountaineering team that ...
Every year, hundreds of climbers attempt to summit Mount Everest. It's a feat seen by many as the ultimate mountaineering challenge but it's high-risk and difficult to complete alone. While some ...
The second-highest mountain on Earth is so remote, and so hard to climb, that it has never had a commonly accepted name. Even today, it is best known by the surveyor’s mark assigned to it in the ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Ngima Nuru Sherpa is small in stature, but he stands tall in the annals of Mount Everest. The 5-foot-7, 150-pound native of Nepal’s Khumbu region has reached ...
Everest, Earth's highest mountain, needs no introduction. At 29,032 feet, it sits not only at the top of the world, but at the top of countless bucket lists. Forty thousand people trek to Everest Base ...
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the mountaineering expedition team that first conquered Mount Everest, died early Thursday, according to the Nepal Mountaineering ...