Climbing Mt. Everest is an undeniably ambitious achievement. If this is an undertaking you wish to accomplish, here is our ...

Ngima Nuru Sherpa is small in stature, but he stands tall in the annals of Mount Everest. The 5-foot-7, 150-pound native of Nepal’s Khumbu region has reached the summit of the world’s tallest ...

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

The price of a permit to climb the world’s highest peak will rise 36 percent later this year. Guides believe that climbers ...

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

Jornet quite literally ran to the peak of Everest, back down again, and then repeated the feat. Why? Because he didn’t want ...

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Amidst a programme in New York today, the new executive committee under the leadership of renowned climber Jangbu Sherpa officially took charge of the USNCA board to lead the organisation.

The Nepal government has formally ended solo expeditions on Mt Everest and other mountain peaks above 8,000 metres by making ...

But they have also been used to give mountaineering teams and tourists a shortcut over challenging terrain in the Sagarmatha ...