There are hundreds of catchments like Langtang across the Himalayas. The same dynamics play out across many other mountain ranges, such as the Alps, the Andes and the Rockies.

Marek Holeck and Ondro Huserka reached the summit of 7,234m Langtang Lirung today at 11 am Nepal time. They are currently on their way down. Holecek has just reported the good news over satellite ...

From Langtang Village the land turned into a barren landscape going up to Kyanjin Gompa (3,870m), a mountain village so picturesque you’d think it only existed in paintings.

Driving east out of Kathmandu, the road turns north and coils toward the Chinese border, up past the treeline, with breathtaking views of the indelible, snow-capped peaks of the Langtang Mountain ...

Most were trekking in the remote Langtang mountain range near the epicentre or in the Everest region, Rensje Teerink told journalists in Kathmandu.

A rescue team belonging to the Swiss Mountain Rescue Station Air Zermatt is on its way to Nepal to try to help Slovenian mountaineer Tomaz Humar. Humar is injured and stranded at about 6300 meters on ...

Nestled in the foothills of Langtang Mountain, Helambu has become a textbook example of how not to rebuild after a disaster. Unattractive tiny huts made of blue corrugated iron sheets dot the ...

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