Nepal plans to increase permit fees from $11,000 to $15,000 for the popular April-May season, Reuters reported.

Rising Prices, New Rules on Mount Everest The allure of climbing Mount Everest, since the first ascent in 1953, continues to escalate, resulting in overcrowding ...

Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35%, making the world’s tallest peak more expensive for mountaineers for the first time in nearly a decade, officials said ...

He skied down Mount Everest’s South Col, which rises 8,000 meters above sea level, at age 37. Miura was 53 when he completed his quest of skiing down the highest peaks of all seven continents.

Sonderland were surprised by changes in the communities where their efforts impacted many lives – and their own world view ...

Foreign climbers who want to try reaching the top of the 29,032-foot-tall peak will face higher permit fees in Nepal starting ...

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

But they have also been used to give mountaineering teams and tourists a shortcut over challenging terrain in the Sagarmatha National Park, home to Mount Everest, the world's highest peak.

The two peaks lie deep beneath the Earth's surface. Earth's biggest mountains, more than 100 times taller than Mount Everest, have been discovered on the boundary between Africa and the Pacific ...