KATHMANDU – Nepal has officially ended solo expeditions on Everest and other 8,000-metre peaks by amending its mountaineering regulations. The Sixth Amendment was implemented on Tuesday following its ...

KATHMANDU, Feb 4: The Government of Nepal has hiked the cost of an Everest climbing permit by a third, arguing it will help ...

Nepal has hiked the cost of an Everest permit, arguing it will help tackle pollution and boost safety on the world's highest mountain.

A fatal race made Tracee Metcalfe the closest to becoming the first American woman to summit all of the world’s 8,000-meter ...

The commercialised operations are costing the mountain community precious livelihood, eroding their cultural way of life and ...

It comes as something of a surprise that the history of a pursuit that seems to uniquely combine risk and vanity should be so ...

Every year, hundreds of mountaineers try to reach the top of Mount Everest, the 29,032-foot-tall peak on the border of Nepal ...

I was born in Kham, in eastern Tibet, my parents’ first born. A brother and sister followed, and the five of us lived with ...

Here in Part II, we break down what it takes to do Nepal's 1,750km Great Himalayan Trail, both guided and unguided.

As of September, everyone on the mountain must be accompanied by an expert guide, improving safety but potentially ...

Chinese module maker Aiko Solar has built a 150 kW off-grid solar carport at about a 4,300-meter elevation on Mount Everest.