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May 20, 2019 at 8:58 pm

Sherpa guide climbs Everest 24th time, outdoing own record

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A Sherpa mountaineer extended his record for successful climbs of Mount Everest with his 24th ascent of the world's highest peak...

May 19, 2019 at 7:44 pm

Famed Sherpa climber helps Nepal kids reach greater heights

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Apa Sherpa has stood on top of the world more times than all but one other person. Now he wants to...

May 14, 2019 at 9:46 pm

Sherpa climber scales Mount Everest for record 23rd time

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Sherpa climber Kami Rita scaled Mount Everest on Wednesday for a 23rd time, breaking his own record for the most successful...

April 18, 2019 at 9:06 am

Widows, ace guide to climb Everest to honor Sherpas VIEW

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Five years after one of the deadliest disasters on Mount Everest, three people from Nepal's ethnic Sherpa community are preparing an...

U.S. scientist Professor John All of Western Washington University leaves for airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, March 27, 2019. A team of American scientists is heading to the Mount Everest region to study how pollution has impacted the Himalayas and glaciers that are melting due to global warming. The team plans to spend the next two months in the region and climb the world’s highest peak while they collect samples and study the ice, snow and vegetation.(AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha) XNS103 XNS103

March 26, 2019 at 8:56 pm

Led by Bellingham professor, U.S. scientists to climb Everest, collect data on climate

The team led by John All of Western Washington University plans to spend the next two months in the region collecting samples and studying the...

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February 27, 2019 at 1:13 am

Helicopter crashes in Nepal, killing tourism chief, 6 others

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A helicopter flying in bad weather crashed into a mountain in Nepal on Wednesday, killing all seven people on board, including...

February 25, 2019 at 11:34 pm

Nepal expects more Everest climbers after China sets limits

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal is expecting more climbers to try to scale its side of Mount Everest in coming weeks after China said it...

February 4, 2019 at 10:25 pm

Third of Himalayan glaciers can no longer be saved: study

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — One-third of Himalayan glaciers will melt by the end of the century due to climate change, threatening water sources for 1.9...

January 9, 2019 at 10:21 pm

Woman, 2 sons die in Nepal town in suspected menstrual exile

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A woman and her two sons have died in a remote town in Nepal because of a tradition in which women...

December 19, 2018 at 4:36 am

Nepal stops water project contractors from leaving country

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal's government has stopped eight Italian contractors from leaving the Himalayan country in an effort to complete a critical but much...

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