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

I think that Everest needs a rest for a few seasons." New rule at Mt. Everest sparks major controversy: 'I felt my government ...

Nepal has officially ended solo expeditions on Everest and other 8,000-metre peaks by amending its mountaineering regulations ...

The battalion’s commanding office said the cadets’ journey to the Everest will not only be a personal milestone but also a ...

After hiking the royalty to climb Mt. Everest, the Nepal government has issued revised mountaineering regulations, which ...

This spring a team of Sherpas will attempt to beat the Everest speed record and the total number of individual ascents. The group, led by 16 times summiter Apa Sherpa and speed record holder Lhakpa ...

This story appears in the July 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Barry Bishop returned from a historic Mount Everest expedition with his reindeer-hide boots, Vibram-soled hiking boots ...

Filipinos will once again climb greater feats. Mountaineers Elaine Jhon “Jeno” Panganiban and Miguel Mapalad are set to make ...

The expedition built on successes from the 2019 Mount Everest Expedition. Since 2010, Santiago and central Chile have faced below average precipitation and the longest drought in modern ...

Nepal has implemented new regulations requiring one mountain guide for every two climbers on peaks above 8,000 meters, ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Everest climbing-guide services — often provided by people of the Sherpa ethnic group — can cost $10,000 per expedition. At this price, the guide takes ...

Kathmandu [Nepal]: Nepal has officially banned solo expeditions to all mountains above 8,000 meters, including Mount Everest, ...