Climbing Mount Everest can be deadly. Some Sherpa guides say the grueling work isn't worth it anymore.

The majority of guides who lead tourists up Mount Everest are Sherpas, an ethnic group. Some Sherpa guides predict that soon, no one from their community will work on the mountain anymore. They ...

Three Sherpa climbers were missing Wednesday after they fell into a deep crevasse on a treacherous section of Mount Everest just above the base camp, a Nepalese mountaineering official said.

Since mountaineering began in the region, Sherpas have carried the heaviest loads on Mount Everest, working first for colonial explorers, and later, for tourists.

Although the Utah-based Apa Sherpa regularly leads groups to Everest base camp, he no longer has a desire to summit the mountain the indigenous Nepalese Sherpa people call Sagarmatha — whose ...

Drones Will Do Some Schlepping for Sherpas on Mount Everest The devices will be used to airlift heavy, dangerous loads normally carried by mountain guides. They might even deliver a hot meal or two.

A Nepalese Sherpa broke his own record for climbing up the world's highest peak, reaching the summit of Mount Everest for an unprecedented 26th time, officials said on Saturday.

As a community, Sherpas have always paid a high price on Mount Everest. During the past century of climbing on the mountain, 99 Sherpas and Nepali have been killed—about 40 percent of the total ...

On the deadliest day of Mount Everest's history, learn about the Sherpas and their crucial role in mountaineering.

Sherpa guide Kami Rita Sherpa broke a record he set for most summits of Mount Everest by completing his 31st climb on Tuesday.