Sherpa people

Powerful aftershocks rocked Nepal on April 26, panicking survivors of a quake that killed more than 2,200 and triggering fresh avalanches at Everest base camp, as rescuers dug through rubble in the devastated capital Kathmandu.

A powerful earthquake struck Nepal, killing hundreds of people, toppling an historic tower and touching off a deadly avalanche on Mount Everest A powerful earthquake struck Nepal and sent tremors through northern India on April 25, killing hundreds of people, toppling an historic 19th-century tower in the capital Kathmandu and touching off a deadly avalanche on Mount Everest. 

Google launched a virtual tour of Nepal's Everest region on March 12, allowing armchair tourists a rare glimpse of life in one of the toughest and most inaccessible places on earth, home to the world's highest mountain.
      

Nepalese officials said on Feb. 18 they are changing the route that climbers take up Mount Everest after an avalanche killed 16 guides last year, the deadliest accident in the mountain's history.