Lily Hillary plans to do Base Camp next year and summit in 2020 with her dad and brothers.

Preparation? Prescription drugs? Yak butter? Here's how to treat acute mountain sickness.

Kiwi mum and daughter help girls in Nepal who are often sold to brothels from age nine.

Pilot suffered an emotional breakdown after an air steward questioned his flying skills.

The Everest marathon is tough - but the opportunity of a lifetime, as DHB chief found.

Governor-General presents Royal Humane Society of NZ Silver Medals to 10 recipients.

A Kiwi plan to rebuild classrooms after the Nepal earthquakes is nearing completion.

Russell Simpson and friends want adventure - and $250,000 for charities

4000 climbers have replicated Sir Ed's feat - and now 'pyramids of poo' befoul the camps.

A plane crash at Nepal's main airport killed 49 of the 71 people on board.

US-Bangla Airlines passenger plane has crashed as it landed at Kathmandu airport.

COMMENT: Nepal chaos points to getting IP networks going rather than phones being the key.

Nepalese capital embraces 21st-century comforts while maintaining historic charm

Ten years after his death, Ed Hillary's legacy lives on strongly

Sir John Kirwan travelled to Nepal to trace the footsteps of a high-achieving relative.

How Helen Rupp is helping to reduce the amount of plastic that ends up in the ocean.

Legendary mountaineer Edmund Cotter passed away on October 19 at the age of 90.

They've painted a dozen portraits so more women can be rescued.

Shocking encounter put one of Australia's richest men on a mission.

Rare Sir Edmund Hillary climbing expedition bag surfaces at auction.

Above Everest Base Camp, comfort and breath are painfully whipped away.

One dragged two trapped pilots from the wreckage while surrounded by flammable jet fuel.

Fears final Everest climb could become trickier after the famous Hillary Step's collapse.

Man was discovered after he had climbed 23,000 feet.

The death of an 85-year-old on Mt Everest has officials looking at a climbers' age limit.

Wellington Zoo staff can take 'conservation leave' to go work with conservation groups.

A Swiss climber has been killed in a mountaineering accident near Mount Everest in Nepal.

International animal protection groups are heading to Wellington Zoo to talk conservation.

A Kiwi pilot is saving lives at high altitude, writes Leila George.

A traditional Buddhist sand mandala is being constructed by two Tibetan-born monks in Tauranga Art Gallery. Made with funding from NZ On Air.