Nepal waives climbing fees on 97 remote peaks as Everest costs soar. Record-holder Satyarup Siddhanta shares why this could ...

Climbing down and down, I reached Muktinath, a holy site in both Hinduism and Buddhism. Pilgrims dotted the landscape. Hawkers sold ammonite fossils collected from the riverbed. Roads returned. The ...

On May 12, 2008, the magnitude 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake shook central China, its destructive tremors spreading from the flank ...

Despite numerous natural disasters, China's“water-industrial complex” continues to move ahead with plans for developing hyd ...

A country suspended between serenity and thrill, Nepal has quietly transformed into one of South Asia’s most sought-after ...

Events like the recent flood in Nepal may become more common. Experts sound alarm after deadly scenario unfolds in ...

The UK’s Indo-Pacific Strategy cannot ignore China’s encroachments into the mountainous heart of Asia, the Himalayan mountain ...

For the next 2 years, nearly 100 mountains in the Nepalese Himalayas will be free to climb — no government fee required. This ...

The UVA pennant originates with Katz’s fellow U.S. Army veteran, Christof Meyer. Meyer, left, is a 2009 Darden School alumnus ...

With the village buried under 30-40 feet of debris, survivors continue to look for loved ones with tear-stained eyes in the ...

In October 2023, the South Lhonark lake in Sikkim gave way, sending a wall of water downstream that obliterated the ...