“That’s three more, three more who died just this morning,” says Apa Sherpa. He doesn’t say ... Sherpas who died on another ascent of Mount Everest, who fell into a crevasse during an ...

Hundreds of climbers every year attempt to reach the summit of Mount Everest ... is a mountain guide or porter working in the Everest area. But Sherpa is actually the name of an ethnic group ...

Mount Everest’s towering height isn’t shaped by tectonic forces alone. Its continued growth owes a quiet debt to nearby ...

"For a foreigner, a Sherpa means someone who carries loads ... the gateway to the southern side of Mount Everest. Because their physical prowess at high altitudes is unmatched, they are the ...

NGIMA Nuru Sherpa is small in stature, but he stands tall in the annals of Mount Everest. The 170cm, 68kg native of Nepal's ...

Pastemba Sherpa, a Mount Everest guide, breaks down every piece of gear Sherpa guides use to summit the world's tallest mountain. All of this equipment needs to be carried up and back, so guides ...

When the main climbing season begins next month on Mount Everest ... climbers could eat hot food,” Mr. Sherpa said. “I thought, why not use drones on Everest’s south side, especially ...

The mountain is sacred to the local Sherpa and Tibetan communities and stands as a symbol of human endurance and achievement. "Mount Everest occupies a unique place in human consciousness," said Dai.

Kancha Sherpa has witnessed decades of such change firsthand. At 92 years old, Kancha is the only surviving member of the first summit ascent of Mount Everest expedition, led by Edmund Hillary and ...

Of all deaths from 1950 to 2019 in non-Sherpa climbers during a summit bid on Mount Everest, about 35 per cent were caused by falls, with other leading causes being exhaustion (22 per cent ...