Over the course of 12 years, Nandini Purandare and Deepa Balsavar have documented the struggles and challenges of Sherpas ...
Pemba Tshering Sherpa, who survived Friday's avalanche on Mount Everest, describes his experience on the mountain that day. Photo: Narendra Shrestha for The Wall Street Journal ...
Sam is a descendant of the legendary Sherpa who first summited Mount Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary in 1953, an achievement which cemented Tenzing Norgay as a global hero and spiritual icon.
Nepal airlines and air operators have discontinued helicopter flights around the Everest area amid protests over ...
Mount Everest's Sherpas are considering a climbing boycott following the deadliest avalanche in the mountain's history. Several Sherpas have already quit, while others are still mulling over a boycott ...
Mount Everest has a lot of claims to fame. Among them: the vast quantity of trash left behind by climbers. For years, local Sherpas and volunteers have been clearing trash from the mountain, which is ...
Mingma G Sherpa is the first Nepali mountaineer to climb all 14 peaks above 8,000 metres without using supplemental oxygen.
Paired with a Sherpa guide, the couple spent 43 days on Mount Everest, navigating a trail that at times was just 18 inches wide. “It’s steep on both sides,” said Harpreet. “It’s like the ...
Sajid Sidpara was the first one to achieve the unique feat. Sirbaz was part of the "Imagine Nepal 2024 Everest Expedition" team, which included fourteen international climbers and eighteen Sherpas.