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.

Wanaka firm Adventure Consultants has cancelled its 2014 Everest expedition following Friday's fatal avalanche.

'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.

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.

Winston Aldworth stays (fairly) sober while getting high.

On a Himalayan journey, Winston Aldworth has his breath taken away by the scale of Everest.

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.

Nepal police say a small plane with foreign tourists has crashed while attempting to land at a mountain airstrip in northern Nepal.

There's plenty to do in this landlocked nation - even if you don't pack crampons.

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.

Black fingers claw at your neck. The zip of your windcheater is yanked away from your red raw chin.

After nearly 20 years, Shane Boocock returns to the Himalayas, now an adventure tourist hotspot, and knocks off his own mini Everest.

With help from an elephant, Greg Roughan finally tracks down his quarry.

In an effort end generations of controversy, the authorities in Nepal will try to ascertain the precise height of the world's biggest mountain.

Sherpa mountaineer Nawang Gombu, the youngest member of the climbing team that first scaled Mount Everest, has died.

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.