Pemba Tshering Sherpa, who survived Friday's avalanche on Mount Everest, describes his experience on the mountain that day. Photo: Narendra Shrestha for The Wall Street Journal ...

breaks down every piece of gear Sherpa guides use to summit the world's tallest mountain. All of this equipment needs to be carried up and back, so guides can't afford any unnecessary weight.

This story appears in the November 2014 issue of National Geographic magazine. On what would be the darkest day in the history of the world’s highest mountain, Nima Chhiring, a 29-year-old ...

Most Sherpa mountain climbers have decided to leave Mount Everest, a guide said on Tuesday, confirming a walkout certain to disrupt a climbing season that was already marked by grief over the 16 ...

Now, her story of perseverance, not only as a climber but as an immigrant and survivor, is the subject of the poignant and heart-pounding documentary "Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa ...

Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa, directed by Lucy Walker. Sherpa is proud of the film. Eyes blazing, she tells the BBC: "I want to show people women can do it." Netflix Sherpa can ...

Lhakpa Sherpa holds the world's record for most climbs of Mount Everest by a woman, having summited 10 times, but she has conquered more than mountains. Lucy Walker's Mountain Queen: The Summits ...

When Sam Sherpa-Moore landed a cameo in the Doctor Who Christmas special Joy to the World , playing the iconic Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, few knew the remarkable twist behind his casting. The 24-year ...

Nepal’s iconic Sherpa Hospitality Group has launched a new brand, Mountain Lodges of Nepal, which includes 15 family-owned, premium lodges offering treks along the Great Himalaya Trails.

Speaking at the event, the President of the Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA), Nima Nuru Sherpa, highlighted that the goal of both the association and the Nepal Mountain Academy (NMA ...

Kami, a senior mountain guide at the 14 Peaks Expedition ... His closest rival, 46-year-old Pasand Dawa Sherpa of Solukhumbu, also completed his 27th summit of Everest last year.