Dawa Futi Sherpa, daughter of Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, at the film's premier. Photos: PASANG LHAMU FOUNDATION. The Sherpa high altitude guides who take climbers to the tops of Himalayan peaks and glory ...

On April 25, 2015, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook Nepal, killing more than 8,800 people, injuring thousands more, leaving 2.5 million people homeless, and triggering massive avalanches on Everest.

The US Geological Survey (USGS), America's largest water, earth, and biological science and civilian mapping agency, has named a crater at the Moon's South Pole after the first Nepali woman to summit ...

The race for the record to have successfully scaled Mount Everest the most number of times is still on. Sherpa guide Pasang Dawa, 48, plans to climb the 29,032-foot peak next year in an attempt to ...

This documentary tells the story of Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, the first Nepali woman to summit Earth’s highest mountain. By Ben Kenigsberg When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film ...

According to Mingma G, Managing Director at Imagine Nepal Trek, this exceptional achievement confirms Pasang's conquest of all 14 of the world's highest peaks. Broad Peak, the 12th highest mountain ...

On Oct. 5, 1990, French mountaineer Christine Janin became the first French woman to summit the peak of Mount Everest. She climbed the Earth’s highest mountain with a team composed of mostly French ...

This spring a team of Sherpas will attempt to beat the Everest speed record and the total number of individual ascents. The group, led by 16 times summiter Apa Sherpa and speed record holder Lhakpa ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As night falls in the Karakoram, a group of around 25 climbers descends from the summit of 8,611m K2, aching for some rest. Most ...

As the owner of an adventure travel company, Pasang Sherpa helps tourists from all over the world explore the rugged Himalayan mountains. But the recent devastating earthquake in Nepal has led to a ...

It was on a trek through the Himalayas that Pasang Gelzen Sherpa met the wealthy California businessman who would change his life. Sherpa (a name also used for both the ethnic group he belongs to and ...