This year’s mountaineering season promises to be the busiest (and most crowded) yet
Climate change has been melting the ice even high on Mt Everest, exposing rock and making it more difficult to climb. Photo: DAMIEN FRANÇOIS /…
New Zealand climber John Nankervis who died last week.When I bring Nank to mind we are always laughing, often uncontrollably. He is crouched…
In the heart of Edinburgh near the Church of St John the Evangelist is One World Shop, a modest-looking store that sells goods from all over the…
In Nepal visit, mountaineering legend ponders life after all the legendary climbs are done
The summit of Mt Everest taken in 2019 by Karma Tenzing. In the foreground is the remnant of the Hillary Step that came down during the 2015…
Kalpana Maharjan summits Mt Everest from the north.In November of 2014, Kalpana Maharjan was trudging up to the base camp of Mera Peak at an…
For former drug abuser turned Everest summiteer, it has been a lifelong expedition against addiction
First photo of the Nepalis on the summit of K2 at 5pm on 16 January. Sona Sherpa on the top with the conical shadow of the mountain behind him.…
In a week when Mt Everest grew by nearly one metre, we lost Doug Scott who with Dougal Haston was the first to scale the formidable southwest…
It has been eight years since a group of hikers and a dog walked across Nepal to promote tourism and highlight the climate crisis
Nepal offers a range of real adventure experiences that appeals to all ages, something for everyone
Eighty women enrolled in the Nepal Mountain Academy’s training for trekking guides this year, more than double the number last year. No doubt…
Fans of Nirmal Purja, who this week completed his goal of climbing all the world’s 14 highest mountains in a record-shattering 6 months, have…
Photo: NIMAL PURJA/TWITTERNepal’s Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja has performed an extraordinary and unprecedented feat of climbing all the world’s 14th…
In By the Way of the Border: Travels around the frontiers and beyuls of Nepal, Maximillian Mørch tells the story of not just Nepal’s mountains…
Illustration: SUBHAS RAIEver since the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India determined that the world’s tallest mountain was Peak XV located on…
Photo: DAMIEN FRANCOISCamping on the glacier, the snow fell softly all night, making the tent sag. But by dawn the stars were out when we set…
Last week, a government panel set up after this spring’s fatalities on Mt Everest were blamed on overcrowding recommended that permits be issued…
Nirmal Purja Magar of Myagdi is attempting to set a record by climbing all 14 mountains above 8,000m in 7 months. To date, he summitted…
Photo: DAMIEN FRANCOISSomehow I knew I would be back to try to climb Mt Everest this spring for my fifth attempt. I was at Base Camp on 18 April…
South West face of Mt Everest. Photo: Billi BierlingImagine if a 22-seater Twin Otter flying an expedition from Kathmandu to Lukla packed 60…
It is perfect that Everest: Reflections on the Solu Khumbu should come out this year, the centenary of Edmund Hillary’s birth. The book is a…
