KATHMANDU – Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the 1953 expedition that first conquered Mount Everest, passed away ...

Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the mountaineering team that first reached the summit of Mount Everest, the ...

Kanchha Sherpa was among the 35 members of the team that put New Zealander Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay ...

Rescuers battle against time to save around 200 hikers, who have been trapped on Mount Everest amid intense ...

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Rescue efforts are under way in the remote Tibetan slopes of Mount Everest where a snowstorm has trapped nearly 1,000 people ...

Hundreds of hikers are still trapped at an elevation of more than 4,900 metres as rescuers work to clear deep snow.

Nepal's mountains including Everest have long drawn climbers from across the world, but a growing community is exploring ...

Heavy snow began falling on Friday evening and intensified on the eastern slopes of Mount Everest in Tibet - an area popular ...

A blizzard that trapped hundreds of trekkers on the north side of Mount Everest last weekend captured headlines for its ...

More than 200 people remain stranded close to the eastern Kangshung face of Everest were also in contact with rescuers and were due to arrive in the small township of Qudang in stages, said Chinese ...

Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the first successful summit of Mount Everest in 1953, passed away at the age of 89.