One of the greatest mountain guides, Kami Rita, will attempt to scale the world’s highest peak for the 31st time — and ...

The climbing wall was the first to be built in central Kathmandu. Our Dispatches from Everest reporter Ben Ayers recently toured Astrek to check out the stores and the climbing wall. He met with ...

Our Everest columnist takes us on a tour of the Astrek Complex in downtown Kathmandu, home of outdoor gear shops and a ...

One of the greatest mountain guides will attempt to scale the world’s highest peak for the 31st time — and possibly the 32nd ...

Kami Rita, 55, flew to Mount Everest on Sunday from Kathmandu to lead a group of climbers who will try to reach the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) summit during the spring climbing season.