Nepal has banned solo expeditions to all the mountains above 8,000 metres inside the country, including the world's tallest Mount Everest or Mount Qomolangma, an official said on Wednesday. The ...

The mighty Himalayas, with their towering peaks, vast glaciers, deep valleys, and rugged terrain, stand as a paradise for ...

Over the Khumbu Icefall crevice on Mount Everest, this adventurer set up a double ladder so that he could cross the nearly 90 ...

Nepal is home to many of the most glowing touring courses in the world. Among these, the Everest Base Camp trip, Annapurna ...

Earth's biggest mountains, more than 100 times taller than Mount Everest, have been discovered on the boundary between Africa and the Pacific Ocean, a groundbreaking research, published in the ...

Photo: Ben Ferrer Some companies offer places to independent climbers on Everest, charging them for Base Camp logistics and a fee to use the ladders in the Khumbu Icefall and the fixed ropes along ...

The cost of a permit to ascend Everest will soon hit as much as $15,000, but a veteran climber says the increase won't keep ...

Conquering Mount Everest is no easy feat for the body, mind — and bank account. Nepal plans to increase the price of Everest climbing permits by about 36%, the first rise in almost a decade.

If one was transported to the top of Mt. Everest by plane and dropped off ... To avoid numerous laps through the treacherous Khumbu Icefall, some climbers are turning to technology.

The youngest woman to climb the Seven Summits, Kaamya Karthikeyan, opens up about her achievements and her dream to complete the Explorer’s Grand Slam. At just 17, Kaamya Karthikeyan has ...

JAKARTA, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Authorities have begun evacuating 3,000 residents near the Mount Ibu volcano on Indonesia's eastern island of Halmahera, the disaster agency said on Thursday ...