Nepal has sharply increased the climbing permit fees for Qomolangma, which is also known as Mount Everest in the West, and ...

By Mongabay.com A surge in “helicopter tourism” at Sagarmatha, the Nepali name for Mount Everest, is adversely affecting the ...

High-level officials and icefall doctors of the Sagarmatha pollution Control Committee, who are currently in South Korea for ...

KATHMANDU, Feb 10: A preparatory meeting for the upcoming Sagarmatha Sambad was held on Monday at the Prime Minister’s residence, Baluwatar, in the presence of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. The ...

The commercialised operations are costing the mountain community precious livelihood, eroding their cultural way of life and ...

The highest mountains in the world”, as the enthusiastic in-flight brochure called them, quite correctly. It was for my ...

Nepali airlines have resumed rescue helicopter flights to the Everest region, an aviation industry official announced Tuesday, following weeks of suspension prompted by protests from locals citing env ...

Joy, pain and an uncomfortable truth at the heart of every climber’s story - IN FOCUS: It’s an extreme adventure playground that is there for the conquering – but increasingly, there are distressing ...

The government has decided to resume the flagship Sagarmatha Sambad, the first edition of which was to be held in March 2020. The event, which was to focus on the issue of climate change, climate ...

“Helicopter tourism” that brings trekkers to Base Camp of Sagarmatha (Everest) in Nepal and bypasses the long trek there is taking a toll on local Sherpa communities. By cutting short visitors ...

The suspension stems from a local ban on helicopter flights im- posed by Sagarmatha National Park, Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality, and other local groups from January 1. These groups have ...