An 18-year-old Nepali mountaineer on Wednesday broke the record for the youngest person to summit all 14 of the world's 8,000-metre peaks, his team said.

Five members of a Russian expedition who went missing while attempting to climb Nepal’s Mount Dhaulagiri have been found dead, Russia’s embassy in Nepal told CNN on Tuesday.

Renowned Sherpa climber today scripted a history in mountain climbing becoming the first Nepali mountaineer to scale all 14 peaks above 8,000 m without using supplemental oxygen.

Five Russian mountaineers died after falling from the world's seventh-highest peak, the expedition organiser said on Tuesday. More follows

Five Russian mountaineers who appeared to have slipped and fallen on the world’s seventh-highest peak have died, an expedition organizer in Nepal said Tuesday. The Russians were climbing 8,167-meters (26,

Five Russian mountaineers who appeared to have slipped and fallen on the world’s seventh-highest peak have died, an expedition organizer in Nepal said Tuesday.

Five Russian mountaineers who appeared to have slipped and fallen on the world’s seventh-highest peak have died, an expedition organiser in Nepal said Tuesday. The Russians were climbing 26,788-foot high Mount Dhaulagiri during Nepal’s autumn climbing season.

The climbing community is mourning the passing of five Russian climbers who had been missing on Nepal's Mount Dhaulagiri since the weekend. All five missing climbers were found dead on the world’s seventh tallest mountain,