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A renowned Nepali Sherpa guide scaled Mount Everest for the 32nd time on Sunday, an official said, smashing his ​own record set last year.

The second-highest mountain on Earth is so remote, and so hard to climb, that it has never had a commonly accepted name. Even today, it is best known by the surveyor’s mark assigned to it in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. According to the Associated Press, top officials from the Tourism Ministry will arrive at the base camp on Thursday to negotiate ...

Speaking to PEOPLE shortly after the rescue, climber Dan Mazur said he found Lincoln Hall gloveless, hatless and with his insulated suit zipped open Jamie McGuinness/Project-Himalaya.com via Getty; ...

Sherpas are extraordinary human beings. In the high peaks of the Himalayas, members of the Nepalese ethnic group are famous for their speed-climbing records, ascents of routes that no one has ascended ...

Retired Senator Jon Kyl is now a Sherpa. As The New York Times writes, “In Washington, a Sherpa is an informal but widely known term for a nominee’s guide to the political tundra in the Senate.” ...

In his first extended interview, Moro gives NationalGeographic.com his take on what happened. Alternative accounts, including those claiming to represent some Sherpas, have been posted on climbing ...