The Everest climbing season officially began on Friday after a team of rope-fixing climbers reached the summit of the world's ...

In his latest video, Ben Ayers takes us inside the topsy-turvy world of air travel in Nepal’s Mount Everest region ...

Next week, I set off on one of the biggest adventures of my life so far – trekking to Everest Base Camp. Over 11 days, I’ll ...

The climbing wall was the first to be built in central Kathmandu. Our Dispatches from Everest reporter Ben Ayers recently toured Astrek to check out the stores and the climbing wall. He met with ...

The route to the summit of Mt. Everest (29,029 feet), the tallest mountain in the world, has just arrived at Camp 4 (7,900m/ 25,920 feet). This camp, also known ...

About 3,000 of Nepal's more than 10,000 Sherpas reside in the Khumbu valley, the gateway to the southern side of Mount Everest ... gardens of Darjeeling and Kathmandu in the 1800s.

Barry Bishop returned from a historic Mount Everest expedition with his reindeer ... Sherpas and evacuated by helicopter to a hospital in Kathmandu. An American doctor flew in to administer ...

Before starting his 300km trek in Kathmandu to Everest base camp, Mr Hutchcraft was invited by the UK ambassador to Nepal, Rob Fenn, to stay overnight at the British Embassy. Mr Hutchcraft said ...

Ben Ayers takes a tour of the Astrek Complex in downtown Kathmandu, home of gear shops, cafes, and an outdoor climbing wall Video loading... Where do Mount Everest climbers buy gear in Kathmandu?

Mitch Hutchcraft swam 34km across the English Channel (Stan Gaskell/PA) Before starting his 300km trek in Kathmandu to Everest base camp, Mr Hutchcraft was invited by the UK ambassador to Nepal ...