The spring climbing season on Nepal's mountains may be over, but for hundreds of Nepali Sherpa guides and high-altitude workers, the work is far from done.
A joint Nepali and American climbing team has made the first successful and recorded ascent of Lumbo Himal (6,250m) in the remote hills of Gorkha district, opening a new chapter in Nepal's mountaineering history.
Hollywood is set to bring the legendary story of Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, the first person to summit Mount Everest, to the big screen with the biographical film "Tenzing." The movie will hit theaters on October 9, followed by its streaming premiere on Apple TV+ on October 16.
More than 20 climbers, including a rope-fixing team of Sherpa guides from Nepal, scaled Nanga Parbat (8,126m), making the season’s first summit on Pakistan’s 8,000‑meter peaks.
The Himalayan Rescue Association Nepal (HRA) has launched an eight-day mountain rescue training programme, the first of its kind in Nepal to integrate technical rescue operations with advanced mountain medicine under a single curriculum, officials said on Tuesday.
Nepal's trekking trails may soon get a high-tech safety upgrade. The Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal (TAAN) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the South Korean Safety Tech Alliance to explore rolling out an AI-powered digital safety network across the country's mountain tourism routes.
The Polish extreme skier Andrzej Bargiel has finally announced the success of his ambitious project – skiing down from the summit of Nanga Parbat in Pakistan without using supplemental oxygen.
Kili Pemba Sherpa, one of Nepal's most accomplished high-altitude climbers, completed his lifelong quest to summit all 14 of the world's 8,000-metre peaks on Friday morning, reaching the top of Nanga Parbat (8,125m) alongside fellow Sherpa Lakpa Chhiri Sherpa and Chinese climber Wang Zhong in what Imagine Nepal Managing Director Mingma G described as a landmark moment for Nepali mountaineering.