Discover why Lukla Airport, officially known as Tenzing-Hillary Airport, is often called the world's most dangerous airport.

AM from Kathmandu Airport, heading to Lukla, the gateway to Mount Everest. The flight to Lukla takes 25 minutes by fixed-wing airplane or 40 minutes by helicopter. Upon arrival at 7 AM and after ...

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal plans to name an airport in the remote Everest region after pioneering climbers Sir Edmund Hillary, who died last week, and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, a minister said on ...

Keen mountain adventurer Rio James might only be nine, but he's already braced arctic weather conditions and altitude ...

Nine-year-old boy Rio is celebrating after completing an amazing 12-day trek to raise money a food bank in his home city of Derby.

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal's government said on Tuesday it has a “duty to protect” the Himalayas from the risks presented by climate change and the growing numbers of climbers attempting to scale ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — A British climber who scaled Mount Everest for the 19th time, breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world’s highest peak by a non-Sherpa guide, returned from the ...

Nepal’s UNESCO-listed Sagarmatha National Park, which includes the Everest region, has banned leisure helicopter rides in its vicinities. This ban, announced on December 11, has earned bouquets and ...

The Nepali and Chinese sides of the Everest region were closed to tourism on Wednesday due to heavy snow brought by cyclone ...