Nepal is set to implement stringent new regulations for climbers seeking to summit Mount Everest, in a move that has been widely discussed among the climbing community. Under the proposed law ...

Turns out experience matters and for Nepal it looks like 7,000 meters. In a bold move aimed at improving safety and reducing the deadly traffic jams on Mount Everest, Nepal is drafting a new law ...

Nepal will issue Everest permits only to climbers with experience of scaling at least one of the Himalayan nation’s 7,000-meter (22,965 ft) peaks, according to the draft of a new law aimed at ...

Arriving on Mount ... Everest's most experienced foreign guides, leading one of the very first commercial expeditions to the summit in 1992, and four more times since. He's also unconvinced that ...

In a significant step toward ensuring safety and sustainability, Nepal is planning to restrict Mount Everest expeditions to only those climbers who have previously scaled a peak above 7,000 metres.

With Mount Everest standing at a mighty 29,032 feet high, and with the maneuverability and landing versatility of a helicopter in mind, it is conceivable for a chopper to land on the summit.

he said. Around the same time, Raj Bikram, CEO of Airlift Nepal, was in touch with the Khumbu municipality for 3D-mapping Mount Everest using drones when the region’s mayor asked how much weight ...

KATHMANDU — Nepal will issue Everest permits only to climbers with experience of scaling at least one of the Himalayan nation's 7,000-metre peaks, according to the draft of a new law aimed at ...

The Nepal government has collected royalty amounting to Nepalese ₹653.8 million from the permission granted to climb the Everest this season. Permission has been granted to 441 climbers ...