As Italy prepares to host the Winter Olympics, Alpine communities face a surge in social media-driven tourism overwhelming sacred landscape...

Kanchha Sherpa, the last survivor of the historic 1953 Mount Everest expedition, has passed away at 92. He was part of the team that saw Ed...

Nepal has announced a 36% hike in Mount Everest climbing permit fees, raising the cost from $11,000 to $15,000 for the first time in nearly...

The ‘Mona Lisa’, Stonehenge, Palace of Versailles — these fabled tourist spots are dreadfully overcrowded. Try these lesser-known, but just...

Sherpas are known for their climbing skills and many make a living guiding foreign clients up Everest and other mountains. May is the ideal...

Leading 10 other climbers up the 'traditional' south-eastern ridge route of the 8.849 km high mountain peak, the sherpa with a purpose did ...

He says that single-minded focus is needed at the time to ensure you don’t succumb to the elements.

The deaths from avalanche at the Everest Base Camp have brought the spotlight back on over-commercialisation. The old debate will now be re...

More than 700 disaster relief experts drawn from the National Disaster Relief Force have been deployed by India.