Alistair Carns, with three special forces veterans, hopes to travel from London to the summit of Everest and back within one week. The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh planted a magnolia tree, metres ...

The Sherpas fixing the route up Everest have reached Camp 4 at nearly 8,000m on the South Col. They may summit as early as ...

Nepal's Sherpa community has made an unmatched contribution to Himalayan mountaineering since Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa successfully climbed Mount Everest on 29 May 1953. There is ...

Nepal is preparing for an exceptionally high number of climbers on Mount Everest this spring, before fees are set to rise by ...