Kathmandu is a bit over 4,000 feet ... Daily itinerary was designed to gradually acclimatize us to altitude. Two camps were higher than 11,000 feet; the highest was 12,300 feet.

In the Nepalese capital Kathmandu, about 50 Tibetans chanted ... padding to hold back the cold in a region with an average altitude of about 4,200 meters (13,800 feet) and where temperatures ...

China recorded the magnitude as 6.8. The U.S. Geological Survey said it measured 7.1, with an epicenter some 50 miles ...

The average altitude in the area is about 4,200 meters (13,800 feet), the Chinese earthquake center said in a social media post. On the southwest edge of Kathmandu, a video showed water spilling ...