BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. — Exactly 462 days since Karma Sherpa's home burned down, the new one is finally starting to go up. "Each day we get up and then we hope to get there," Sherpa said. "I feel like ...

The clean-up continues in Nepal after two major earthquakes hit the region. More than 8,000 people were killed, and tens of thousands were hurt when the quakes struck in April and May. Thousands lost ...

You learn a lot about a man at 29,000 feet. Dave Mauro found that out when he put his life in the hands of a stranger from a strange land as he climbed Mount Everest. "There's something about that ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Indigenous Sherpa communities living in Nepal’s Himalayas find themselves at the forefront of climate change, say the authors of a recent book ...

One expedition group is leaving the mountain after Sherpa deaths. April 21, 2014— -- Days after a devastating avalanche killed at least 13 Sherpas on Mount Everest, grieving climbers are calling ...

While it remains unclear if Mount Everest will be officially closed for the 2014 season, in the past few days, climbers have been leaving in droves. Following the death of 16 Sherpa guides in an ...

Sherpas have a great reputation as the world's best climbers. "Sherpa" is not some sort of honorific or title; it's the name of an ethnic group — a tiny one. There are around 150,000 of them in Nepal.