SITTING at an altitude of 26,000ft is a multi-coloured valley littered with the frozen remains of the victims of Mount Everest. Dubbed the “Rainbow Valley”, the area under the northern ridge of the ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — While the Nepal earthquake death toll climbed above 1,000, the Vail Valley breathed a collective sigh of relief that a local mountaineer and adventurer is not among them. Jon ...

Sherpa Foundation’s mission is to provide humanitarian aid to Himalayan communities while preserving the dignity and integrity of Sherpa and Himalayan culture. The Sherpa Foundation is a non-profit ...

Climbing Mount Everest, or even part of it, is one of the most dangerous quests on earth. Not only is it incredibly expensive — at over $60,000 on average — but many don't make it back down. Some ...

At 29,029 feet, climbing Mount Everest is a tremendous challenge, even for the most daring individual. But it was a daunting challenge that Jen Loeb was determined to follow through on, and with hard ...

Karma valley was first explored by Western travelers a century ago. In recent years, with the development of the Everest region in Tibet as a major tourism draw, the area has attracted an increasing ...

Rescuers successfully guided the remaining trekkers, including hundreds of local guides and yak herders, to safety near the east face of Everest in Tibet on Tuesday, concluding one of the largest ...