Over-picking and climate change threaten the future of yartsa gunbu and the communities that have come to rely on income ...

The Nepali climbers are the first to summit K2 ... the world's second highest mountain, in winter. Mountaineer Nimsdai Purja, a member of the group, said they reached the peak at 17:00 local ...

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KATHMANDU - Nepali climber Kami Rita Sherpa reached the top of Mount Everest for the 27th time on Wednesday, reclaiming the record for the most summits of the world’s highest mountain.

Mount Everest saw two record-breaking climbs on Sunday with a Nepali sherpa making the most ... Kami Rita Sherpa, 54, scaled the world's tallest mountain for a 29th time while British man Kenton ...