Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rakesh Kumar, a 39-year-old climber from India, died on Sunday while descending from the summit of Lhotse, which stands at 8,516m ...

A body discovered along the main climbing route to Mount Everest has been recovered and transported to Kathmandu for ...

On Annapurna, the margin between life and death is painfully thin. Ashok Lama, a Nepali guide, recently saved two climbers on ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — An avalanche swept through a camp on Mount Yalung Ri in Nepal on Monday and killed five foreign climbers and two Nepali guides, officials said. Armed Police Force spokesperson ...

Three American climbers have died after an avalanche slammed into their base camp in the Himalayas, Nepalese media reports. Seven people died in total, including one Canadian, one Italian, and two ...

On Sunday, May 4, American climber Alex Pancoe died on the slopes of Nepal’s 27,838-foot Makalu, the world’s fifth-highest mountain. Pancoe was completing an acclimatization hike in preparation for a ...

Himlung Himal (7,126m) on the border between Manang and Mustang where an Australian climber Chin-Tark Chan died on 29 October. Photo: ASIATICROADS.COM The autumn mountaineering season is not over yet, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Remote Pauhunri peak lies in the Eastern Himalaya, on the border between Sikkim, India, and Tibet. In 1911, it became the highest ...

Rescuers in Nepal airlifted some injured climbers to safety. The avalanche followed heavy snowfall produced by Cyclone Montha. By Binod Ghimire Reporting from Kathmandu, Nepal An avalanche struck a ...