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Spring 2024 was possibly the shortest ever season on Annapurna. When the first weather window opened, after ropes were set to Camp 3, everyone on the mountain had to choose: summit or go home. After that first wave of summiters descended, all the outfitters on the mountain packed and left. But in fact, some summiters […]

Personal guides. Private chefs. Helicopter rides. Tensions are rising between Sherpas who do the hard work and the foreign climbers they escort to the top

Every week, Nepal’s Department of Tourism (DoT) updates its list of climbing permits for mountains above 6,000m. Although it’s hard to estimate final figures based on this dribbled information, Everest continues its popularity. Every year, the number of visitors hoping to Everest increases. According to the preliminary stats, this year may not be an exception. […]

Mountain work can be well paid by Nepali standards but traditional guides are finding it less attractive | 1843 magazine

Sherpas are built to climb Everest. But high risks and relatively meager pay of guide work could drive the next generation away from the mountain.

It is 70 years since Everest was first climbed and more and more climbers have been reaching the summit in recent years thanks to advances in

The Khumbu Glacier has long been the gateway to the top of Mount Everest. Now the glacier is in trouble.

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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first mountaineers to reach the summit of…

BU alum Rebecca Long summited Mount Everest, the highest peak on earth.