Twenty-four hours after the quake, those trapped under rubble would have endured a night in sub-zero temperatures. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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In 1938 Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler sponsored an expedition to Tibet lead by several Nazi SS scientists to study the regions flora and fauna, and to take scientific measurements of the Earths ...

More than 400 people in Tibet trapped by a deadly earthquake in the foothills of the Himalayas have been rescued, Chinese ...

The search continues for survivors of the Tibet earthquake as temperatures in the region plunge to well below zero.

Tibet has been far more open to those seeking access to the 8,000-meter peaks as the management of permits and expeditions yields abundant fees for the China Tibet Mountaineering Association.

While there are many discovered and named climbing routes on Everest, two routes are most commonly climbed: The South Col route starting from Nepal, and the Northeast Ridge Standard, or The North ...