At the top of the world, there is a sea—the remains of one, at least. The summit rocks of Mount Everest, the highest ...

A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake has hit a Tibetan region near Mount Everest, sending tremors through Nepal's capital city Kathmandu just before dawn on Tuesday. The US Geological Survey said ...

On 23 May Silvio Mondinelli, Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, Abele Blanc, Michele Enzio and Marco Camandona reached the summit of Everest from Tibet. On 22 May Simone Moro ... the impressive Mountain Guide ...

What ultimately formed Mt. Everest, about 60 million years ago ... will have advanced across the Indian plate and the Tibetan plateau will have grown by accretion. One of the few clues about ...

The Sherpas are Tibetan Buddhists of the Nyingmapa sect, and have drawn much of their religious tradition from the Rongphu monastery, located at 16,000 feet on the north side of Mount Everest.

A powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake centered about 50 miles from Mount Everest left at least 126 dead in Tibet on Tuesday, reports say. Another 188 people have been injured on the Chinese side of the ...

is Mt. Everest. The Himalayas ... Expeditions typically begin by driving from Kathmandu to the Tibetan Plateau, followed by ...

Image: The north face of Mount Everest, as seen from the Tibetan region of China. Pic: AP Narayan Prasad Regmi, director general of the Department of Tourism, said: "The royalty [permit fees] had ...

When Kami Rita Sherpa set out on his first expedition to Mount ... Everest from its side of the border, while China has set even higher fees for permits to climb the peak from the Tibetan side.

The best time to visit Tibet is from June to August ... better visibility than the summer months if you've come to see Mount Everest. Winter is characterized by freezing temperatures.