Sherpa guides on Mount Everest are considering a boycott after the deadliest avalanche in the mountain’s history, a move that could seriously disrupt the rest of the climbing season, a mountaineering official said.

A Nepalese Sherpa guide broke his own record by scaling Mount Everest for the 19th time.

An ice collapse near the base of Mount Everest has blocked the route of scores of climbers hoping to scale the world’s highest peak, officials said today.

An American TV host who travelled to the Himalayas to film a show on the mysterious yeti today said he took castings from three footprints that could prove the legendary giant ape exists and is living on Mount Everest.

A visibly exhausted Sir Edmund Hillary, confined to a wheelchair, arrived in Nepal today to take part in celebrations to commemorate his conquest of Mount Everest a half century ago.