(CNN) — An experienced Kenyan mountaineer died Wednesday and rescuers are still searching for the Nepali sherpa who was with him, after the team attempted to summit Mount Everest without supplemental ...

KATHMANDU (Reuters) -Nepali Sherpa guide Kami Rita scaled Mount Everest for the 31st time on Tuesday, breaking the record he set last year. The 55-year-old reached the 8,849-metre (29,032 foot) peak - ...

Nepali mountaineer Tashi Gyalzen Sherpa has been recognized by Guinness World Records for summiting Mount Everest four times in a single spring season, a feat he completed within 15 days in May 2025.

As Nepal gears up for parliamentary elections on March 5, 2026, the remote high-altitude villages of Khumbu, home to the ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — One of the greatest mountain guides will attempt to scale the world’s highest peak for the 31st time — and possibly the 32nd — and break his own record. Kami Rita, 55, flew to Mt.

Climate change speeds up melting of glaciers, ice More sherpas consider quitting job due to dangers Concerns over lack of welfare for bereaved families KATHMANDU, Feb 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - ...

Nepal’s legendary mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa has once again extended his own record by summiting Mount Everest for the 31st time, reinforcing his title as the “Everest Man”. The 55-year-old reached ...

Kathmandu, Nepal — Famed Sherpa guide Kami Rita reached the summit of Mount Everest for the 31st time Tuesday, breaking his own record for the most climbs to the top of the world's highest mountain.