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At Least 69 Killed in Nepal Plane Crash

By Solcyre Burga

COVID-19 Presents Nepal's Sherpas With Their Toughest Climb

By Rojita Adhikari / Everest South Base Camp and Kathmandu

Utah Man Is Among the Latest to Die Amid Traffic Jam of Hikers at Mount Everest

By Mahita Gajanan

Nepalese Climbers to Remeasure Mount Everest

By Hillary Leung
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Sherpa Widows to Climb Everest in Honor of Late Husbands

They also hope to inspire other widows and single women

By Kamakshi Ayyar

Xia Boyu’s Summit Fuels Debates About Who Belongs on Everest

Xia Boyu's triumph has exacerbated an ethical debate that has been raging for several months: Who belongs on the roof of the world?

By Casey Quackenbush / Kathmandu

69-Year-Old Double Amputee Summits Mount Everest

"I love the mountain," Xia Boyu told TIME prior to his climb

By Casey Quackenbush

South Asia Floods Caused 1,200 Deaths This Summer

More than 41 million people are affected in India, Bangladesh and Nepal

By Kevin Lui

Nepal Criminalizes Period Huts

On Aug. 9, Nepal criminalized the practice of relegating women to huts when they are menstruating. The new law, which comes into effect in August 2018, stipulates that anyone enforcing the custom, known as chhaupadi,...

By Tara John

Missing Taiwanese Hiker Found After Month Lost in Nepal

But his girlfriend died just days before he was rescued

By Ryan Kilpatrick

Nepal Still Struggling With Poverty Two Years After Earthquake

The economic fallout from a devastating earthquake two years ago is still being felt in Nepal

By Danielle Preiss and Pragati Shahi / Kathmandu

Nepal Bans Indian Couple for Faking Everest Ascent

Several climbers pointed out that photos of Dinesh and Tarakeshwari Rathod at the summit appeared doctored

By Rishi Iyengar

Nepal's Prime Minister Resigns Before Confidence Vote

Nine months after coming to power

By Melissa Chan

Why a 68-Year-Old Man in Nepal Went Back to School

His initially wary classmates started calling him "father"

By Caterina Clerici

Australian Woman Who Died on Mount Everest Was 15 Minutes From Summit

"When I made it to the summit of Everest it wasn’t special to me, because I didn’t have her there"

By Katie Reilly

2 Combat-Amputee U.S. Veterans Summit Mount Everest

Both are amputees who climbed the mountain with prosthetics

By Katie Reilly

Mount Everest Climber: 'Don’t Try to Reach the Summit at All Costs'

"Climbing has to be a round trip"

By Melissa Chan

Woman Dies on Mount Everest

Two other people lost their lives over a deadly weekend on the world's highest summit

By Melissa Chan

Woman Breaks Record by Climbing Mount Everest a Seventh Time

She broke her own record for the most summits of Everest by a woman

By Tessa Berenson

Sherpa Is First Person to Climb Mount Everest After Earthquake

An earthquake last year and an avalanche before that ended climbing attempts

By Daniel White
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