Kerre McIvor: High risk worth greater reward
I'm sure I can speak for all of our World Vision team when I say that if it hadn't been for our porters and guides, none of us would have come close to climbing Mt Kilimanjaro last year.
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Kiwi Everest trip off after disaster
Wanaka firm Adventure Consultants has cancelled its 2014 Everest expedition following Friday's fatal avalanche.
Sherpa climbers stage Everest walkout
'I can't imagine stepping over them.' Most sherpas have decided to leave Everest, saying they will not climb the mountain while their friends are still buried in the snow.
Sherpas threaten Everest boycott
It was the deadliest avalanche to hit Everest, with 13 sherpas killed. Now the mountain's guides are threatening a boycott to press their safety concerns.
Nepal: High and mighty
On a Himalayan journey, Winston Aldworth has his breath taken away by the scale of Everest.
Grandson: Tenzing deserved knighthood
The grandson of Tenzing Norgay, Sir Edmund Hillary's companion during his historic ascent of Mt Everest, has hit out at the disparity of awards bestowed on the climbers.
Like a god to Nepalese
So you think New Zealanders know a thing or two about the adoration of Sir Edmund Hillary? You should see the Nepalese.
Frozen tears on Mt Everest
This Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary’s ascent to the top of Mt Everest with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. Rebecca Kennedy journeys to base camp and gains a sense of what Sir Ed loved about the ‘Holy Himalayas’.
Plane with foreign tourists crashes in Nepal
Nepal police say a small plane with foreign tourists has crashed while attempting to land at a mountain airstrip in northern Nepal.
Nepal: What to do in Kathmandu
There's plenty to do in this landlocked nation - even if you don't pack crampons.
Nepal: Preparing for the hike
For many hikers to Everest Base Camp in Nepal, adding an extra hike to the top of nearby mountain Kala Pattar is out of the question.
Nepal: Taking on the challenge
Black fingers claw at your neck. The zip of your windcheater is yanked away from your red raw chin.
On top of the world - a return to Nepal
After nearly 20 years, Shane Boocock returns to the Himalayas, now an adventure tourist hotspot, and knocks off his own mini Everest.
Nepal: Away with a roar
With help from an elephant, Greg Roughan finally tracks down his quarry.
Nepalis set out to find true scale of mysterious Everest
In an effort end generations of controversy, the authorities in Nepal will try to ascertain the precise height of the world's biggest mountain.
Youngest on Hillary's Everest team dies
Sherpa mountaineer Nawang Gombu, the youngest member of the climbing team that first scaled Mount Everest, has died.
Taking schools to remotest of kids
No roads, no phones, no power. But that doesn't get in the way of two Auckland ad men who are bringing schools to Southeast Asia's poorest kids - by motorbike. Kirsten Warner meets them.