Maria Dănilă, from Constanta, is the first woman in Romania to climb the K2 peak, in the Karakoram mountain range on the ...

Chomolungma may mean “the divine mother of the world” in Tibetan, but her ways are tough and treacherous. Only those with a passion that surpasses every human weakness can hope to find their ...

During the Sagarmatha Sambaad in Nepal, China's Vice Chairman Xiao Jie repeatedly referred to Mount Everest as "Chomolungma," the Chinese name, while other participants used English and Nepali ...

Chomolungma Controversy: China's Name Game at Nepal's Sagarmatha Sambaad At Nepal's Sagarmatha Sambaad, China's Vice Chairman Xiao Jie exclusively used the Chinese name 'Chomolungma' for Mount Everest ...

While Jie stood at the stage for about 20 minutes during the inauguration session, he pronounced "Chomolungma" ten times instead of Sagarmatha which has been used as the title of the event.

The Khumbu Icefall, a frozen river that moves four feet a day, flows at the foot of Mt. Everest and must be navigated to reach the mountain's summit.

The name Everest was a little boring, but the Tibetan name, Chomolungma, charmed them. The Nepalese call it Sagarmatha, the buttermilk churn, in deference to Hindu mythology.

A trek to Everest Base Camp: Joy, pain and an uncomfortable truth at the heart of every climber’s story It’s an extreme adventure playground that is there for the conquering – but ...

River capture enhances the uplift of Chomolungma Modelling of the evolution of the Kosi drainage basin near Chomolungma suggests that a river capture event occurred approximately 89 ka ago.

At 8,849 metres, Mount Everest, also known as Chomolungma in Tibetan or Sagarmāthā in Nepali, is the tallest mountain on Earth and rises about 250 metres above the next tallest peak in the ...