Mount Everest disaster

Mt. Everest, the world's highest mountain, is seen from the viewing point at Lukla in northern Nepal.

Mount Everest has a problem — with poop

Environment

The Nepal Mountaineering Association says human waste is a bigger problem than trash on Mt. Everest. But the climbers aren’t going away, so we asked an Everest expedition leader how he plans to safely heed the call of nature atop the world’s tallest mountain.

When you call someone a Sherpa, what does that mean?

Lifestyle & Belief

When you call someone a Sherpa, what does that mean?

Lifestyle & Belief
Buddhist monks offer prayer during the funeral rally of Nepali Sherpa climbers in Kathmandu April 21, 2014. Nepal's Sherpas have demanded compensation of $10,000 for the families of 16 colleagues dead or missing in an avalanche on Mount Everest and double

Will Mount Everest expeditions go on this year?

Arts, Culture & Media
Buddhist monks offer prayer during the funeral rally of Nepali Sherpa climbers in Kathmandu April 21, 2014. Nepal's Sherpas have demanded compensation of $10,000 for the families of 16 colleagues dead or missing in an avalanche on Mount Everest and double

Will Mount Everest expeditions go on this year?

Arts, Culture & Media