himalayas

Mount Everest’s highest camp is littered with frozen garbage, and cleanup is likely to take years

The Nepal government-funded team of soldiers and Sherpas removed 11 tons (24,000 pounds) of garbage, four dead bodies and a skeleton from Everest during this year’s climbing season.

Mt. Everest tourists throw punches over the perfect selfie position

Footage captured the ludicrous moment tourist couples brawled with each other over a viewing spot near Mount Everest.

Lost in time: Inside South Asia's happiest little kingdom

Your guide will tell you that, if you are lucky enough to be in Bhutan, you did something good in a past life. Maybe so. Landlocked against India, China and...

Last surviving member of the first team to conquer Mount Everest says it is crowded and dirty now

Since the first conquest, the peak has been climbed thousands of times, and it gets more crowded every year.

Nepal earthquake kills at least 157 in deadliest quake since 2015 as rescuers struggle to find survivors: officials

The quake occurred at 11:47 p.m. on Friday with a magnitude 6.4, Nepal's National Seismological Center said.

Flash floods kill at least 14 in India, more than 100 people missing

Among the missing were 22 army soldiers, officials said. One soldier who had been reported missing on Wednesday was later rescued by authorities, local media reported.

Miracle in ice: Indian mountain climber found alive days after falling into crevasse

Anurag Maloo, 34, is in critical condition.

Famed US skier's partner carries her body after tragic Himalayas fall

Nelson was skiing down Mount Manaslu in the Himalayas with her partner Jim Morrison when she reportedly fell into a crevasse.

I survived a 100-foot fall from mountain after maniac mule attack

A UK adventurer survived a 100-foot fall after getting attacked by an ass.

21 bodies recovered after plane crashes into Himalayan mountainside

The Tara Air planed crashed into a Himalayan mountainside during a a 20-minute scheduled flight from Pokhara to Jomsom in Nepal.

My husband died mountain climbing, then I married his best friend

When mountain-climbing sensation Alex Lowe died, his wife Jenni found love where she least expected.

46 dead after heavy rains, landslides in northern India

At least 46 people have died and several are missing after floods triggered by heavy rains hit the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, officials said Wednesday.

Himalayan glacier disaster highlights climate change risks

NEW DELHI — When Ravi Chopra saw the devastating deluge of water and debris crash downstream from a Himalayan glacier on Sunday, his first thought was that this was exactly...

Death toll from Himalayan glacier disaster rises to 26 with 200 still missing

The death toll in India from a flash flood caused by a Himalayan glacier breaking off rose to at least 26 Monday, as rescuers continue searching for about 200 missing...

81-year-old mountaineer trains for Himalayas in tribute to victims of COVID-19

MORALZARZAL, Spain - At 81 years old Spanish mountaineer Carlos Soria is training to tackle one of the world’s highest peaks, a challenge he will dedicate to elderly victims of...

Gravity-defying 'spider-sheep' are blowing the internet's mind

The laws of physics are no match for these super "spider-sheep." Twitter users are losing their minds over a video of Himalayan "blue" sheep, casually descending an impossibly steep hill...

The mystery of 'Skeleton Lake' has gotten even eerier

"We were extremely surprised by the genetics of the Roopkund skeletons," said Éadaoin Harney of Harvard University.

GoPro video found in Himalayas shows mountaineers' final moments

Authorities have recovered a GoPro video in the Indian Himalayas, which shows the final moments of the eight climbers who went missing and died there earlier this year. The footage...

Himalayan glacier melt has doubled over the past 40 years

Glaciers in the Himalayas are melting at double the pace, according to researchers who have used Cold War spy satellite images to compare the conditions back then to now. Scientists...

American mountain climbers missing in the Himalayas identified

The two Americans among the team of eight mountain climbers lost in the Himalayas were identified on Sunday — as local officials revealed there was little chance of finding the...