Outside spoke to the 92-year-old’s family members about the role he played in helping Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary ...

Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the team that first conquered Mount Everest, died Thursday at age 92 in Kathmandu, Nepal [1][2]. He was part of the historic 1953 British expedition that ...

The only woman to have scaled Mount Everest 10 times is making easy work of a steep hill in Los Angeles’ Griffith Park. On a blistering July day, Lhakpa Sherpa — whose remarkable story is told in the ...

To say a certain smattering of Wine Country restaurateurs have climbed mountains to get to where they are today is the understatement of the century. In truth, a small group of immigrants quite ...

Kanchha Sherpa was the last surviving member of the 1953 expedition that saw Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa become ...

In the years since their graduation from Boston University’s College of Communication, Stephanie and Shane McMahon have made more money than most of us will in a lifetime. And they’ve done it the ...

Famed Sherpa guide Kami Rita reached the summit of Mount Everest for the 31st time Tuesday, breaking his own record for the most climbs to the top of the world’s highest mountain. Kami Rita, 55, ...

“Helicopter tourism” that brings trekkers to Base Camp of Sagarmatha (Everest) in Nepal and bypasses the long trek there is taking a toll on local Sherpa communities. By cutting short visitors’ time ...