Spiritual practitioners fear that legislation imposing prison time for vaguely defined occult services could cast a wide net.

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A newly promoted trekking route leading to Annapurna I, the first mountain above 8,000 metres to be summited, has recently ...

Rabe ascended via the South Col route on the Nepal side of the mountain Ric Rabe became the latest Filipino to reach the summit of Mt. Everest on Thursday. Facebook/Ric Rabe Filipino mountaineer ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An expert mountain guide successfully put four of his clients on top of Mount Everest on Wednesday less than a week after they left London, one of the fastest ascents on ...

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A British climber who scaled Mount Everest for a record 19th time says he’s already planning his next attempt. Kenton Cool, 51 scaled the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) summit on Sunday before flying ...

Nepali Sherpa guide Kami Rita scaled Mount Everest for the 31st time on Tuesday, breaking the record he set last year.

During the Sagarmatha Sambaad in Nepal, China's Vice Chairman Xiao Jie repeatedly referred to Mount Everest as "Chomolungma," the Chinese name, while other participants used English and Nepali ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A British climber who scaled Mount Everest for the 19th time, breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world’s highest peak by a non-Sherpa guide ...

Four British climbers became the first to scale Mount Everest on Wednesday using Xenon gas, which helped them save several weeks that mountaineers need to get used to high altitudes, an official ...