The ceremonies survive to this day, notably at the Sherpa monastery at Tengboche. Rongbuk's vast treasury of books and costumes, which had been taken for safekeeping to Tengboche, were tragically ...

As the courier arrived, Jackson Hole alpinist David Dornan was inhaling the clear Himalayan air, perhaps scented by a Sherpa’s yak-dung fire or incense drifting from the Tengboche Monastery.

It is the homeland of the legendary Sherpas and of mysterious Yeti. Walking through the famous Sherpa village of Namche Bazaar and the Tengboche monastery with a spectacular view of the wonderful ...