Helicopter rides back from Mount Everest after a week on the slopes of the world's tallest mountain might sound like a trekker's delight, but for the tourists trapped in the remote region of Nepal, ...

The small village of Lukla at the base of Mount Everest has become the centre for the rescue effort, following avalanches after the massive Nepal earthquake. A constant stream of helicopters has been ...

More than 300 people have died attempting to reach the summit of Mount Everest, with countless more injured. Yet the dangers begin well before trekkers even reach base camp. The most common way hikers ...

A San Diego father and son are stuck in Nepal after the region’s deadly earthquake and are working to raise money to help their tour guides whose villages and homes were destroyed in the devastating ...

A young boy from Pune has defied all odds to successfully scale the base camp of Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world. Advait Bhartia along with his mother Payal trekked for twelve long days ...

Kathmandu: A Nepali airline cleared 17 tonnes of empty beer bottles and cans yesterday from around Lukla village, the main gateway for trekkers and climbers heading to Mount Everest base camp, a ...

Lukla Bazaar, the main gateway to Sagarmatha, has seen its first-ever market inspection, on Friday. The inspection included hotels, eateries, bakeries, cafes, grocery stores, and trekking houses ...

It’s a 40-minute flight from Kathmandu, Nepal to the village of Lukla. That seems like a simple trip, until you consider it's 40 minutes of mountain-dodging, white-knuckling, flying in a small plane ...