A Sherpa village in Nepal’s Everest region has been engulfed by icy flood waters, officials say. Experts suspect Thame - which sits at an altitude of about 3,800m - was flooded after a glacial ...

The son of a veteran Everest climber who now runs his own company organising expeditions, Nima bested the record of Mingma Gyalu Sherpa of Nepal, who was 30 when he achieved the feat in 2019.

Listen to Sherpa's conversation with Nepal correspondent Sewa Bhattarai. Native to the northern belt of Nepal, the Sherpa community has been involved in preserving their endangered music.

Apa Sherpa is a professional mountaineer from Thame, Nepal who has summited Everest 19 times. Over the last 20 years he has been witness to the impacts of climate change in the Himalayan region. My ...

Even with their skills, they can struggle. Ang Tshering Sherpa, the former president of Nepal Mountaineering Association, told BBC Nepali: "It's really hard to bring back heavy cylinders or dead ...

this marks the first official ascent of Yasa Thak Peak by the Sherpa brothers. The peak, one of the untouched summits in the Thamichhowa region, was recently opened for climbing by Nepal's ...

A Nepali sherpa guide scaled the summit of Mount Everest for a record 30th time on Wednesday, an official said, while two climbers went missing while descending from the world’s tallest peak.