By Mongabay.com A surge in “helicopter tourism” at Sagarmatha, the Nepali name for Mount Everest, is adversely affecting the ...

"For a foreigner, a Sherpa means someone who carries ... Sherpas are an ethnic group who live in the high mountain region of the eastern Himalaya. About 3,000 of Nepal's more than 10,000 Sherpas ...

Boardman and Tasker took on daring climbs up mountains in Asia ... handed Tiger badges by The Himalayan Club, and to our surprise, we realised one of them, Sona Sherpa, was still in Darjeeling.

The name sherpa takes inspiration from the Nepalese people who are genetically adapted to live at high altitudes in the Himalaya Mountains. However, sherpa is a fashion term that describes a ...

Makalu Climbing Team Retreats Shy of Summit With the retreat of the climbing team attempting a winter ascent on Makalu, the ...

Conrad Anker, an American mountaineer and a close companion of Nepal’s mountain tourism, has been honored with the Kumar ...

Eight of the world’s 10 highest mountains are located in ... dies at 92 The Know | Sherpa House brings taste, aroma of Himalayas to Golden | Opinion The Know ...

Vincent Sablich and Tamsin Hunt have won the second edition of Tenzing Norgay Sherpa Open Climbing Competition held at ...

The commercialised operations are costing the mountain community precious livelihood, eroding their cultural way of life and ...