Mt. Everest

Sunita Kumari Chaudhary weaves a dinner table mat with ropes once used by climbers in the Himalayas. She and her fellow craftswomen are part of a small start-up project in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, to repurpose Everest trash.

Mt. Everest is plagued by garbage. These Nepali women are transforming it into crafts

9:19am February 25, 2024

by Tanka Dhakal

They're turning cast-off climbing ropes into handmade crafts. It's part of a fledgling effort in Nepal to repurpose mountain waste and provide economic opportunity.

Villagers wait to board a bus to head home in the wake of government-imposed restrictions relating to COVID-19 in Kathmandu valley.

Health & Safety

COVID Is Crushing Nepal, From Remote Villages To Kathmandu To Mt. Everest

1:27pm June 04, 2021

by Lauren Frayer

Health workers must overcome great challenges to battle one of the world's most severe COVID-19 outbreaks, which stretch from villages without hospitals to the top of the world's highest mountain.

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Environment

App State Researcher Helps Install World's Highest Weather Station

6:00am June 25, 2019

by Bethany Chafin

A lifelong climber and researcher at Appalachian State University has just completed a major project that will give us more information on climate change.

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American Man Achieves Dream By Reaching Mount Everest Summit, Then Dies

7:54pm May 23, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

Donald Lynn Cash of Utah achieved his goal of climbing the highest peaks on all seven continents. A traffic jam on Mount Everest may have impeded efforts to carry him down the mountain before he died.