The Majestic Summit Mount Everest, known as Sagarmatha in Nepal and Chomolungma in Tibet, stands as the tallest mountain in ...

At the top of the world, there is a sea—the remains of one, at least. The summit rocks of Mount Everest, the highest ...

The Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) has announced a new initiative to provide mountain guides with insurance coverage ...

Trekkers and their guides at a stop in the Sagarmatha trail. Image by Shashwat Pant. Also left out of this aviation boom are local Sherpa women, who play a critical role in managing the mountain ...

Sagarmatha is losing its identity and the indigenous communities are being erased from the very tapestry they helped weave. “People can’t climb without sherpas [mountain guides]. Everything ...

PM Oli had informed UN Secretary-General Guterres about Nepal’s plan to convene the Sagarmatha Sambad to champion the agenda of the mountain ecosystem, and invited him to address the dialogue platform ...

Trekkers and their guides at a stop on the Sagarmatha trail. Image by Shashwat Pant. Also left out of this aviation boom are local Sherpa women, who play a critical role in managing the mountain ...

Since then, the mountain has attracted thousands of visitors ... Not only local authorities, but the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC), a local NGO, is also making tremendous efforts ...