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In the wake of growing concerns about the climate emergency, which has threatened many aspects of life, world-record-holding ...

With this feat, Nima has overtaken his uncle, Mingma Gyabu Sherpa, for the world record. Until Oct 8, Mingma Gyabu held the record for being the youngest to climb all 14 peaks above 8,000m ...

"It's normally that crowded," says Mingma Sherpa, chairman of Seven Summits Treks, adding that climbers sometimes queue between 20 minutes, and 1.5 hours, in order to reach the summit. It often ...

"Our mountains have begun to stink," Mingma Sherpa, chairman of Pasang Lhamu rural municipality, told the BBC. The municipality, which covers most of the Everest region, has introduced the new ...

According to Mingma Sherpa, Chairman at Seven Summit Treks (SST), Cheruiyot Kirui and his Sherpa guide remained out of contact from the Bishop Rock, a few metres below the summit point.

“He successfully reached the summit this morning, guiding a Vietnamese climber,” said Mr Mingma Sherpa of Seven Summit Treks, his expedition organiser. Nepal is home to eight of the world’s ...

One of the greatest climbing guides on Mount Everest has scaled the world's highest peak for the 29th time, extending his own ...

Mingma Sherpa, the chairman of Pasang Lhamu rural municipality, which covers most of the Everest region, told BBC News that the new rule was introduced in response to unpleasant smells and ...