The Majestic Summit Mount Everest, known as Sagarmatha in Nepal and Chomolungma in Tibet, stands as the tallest mountain in ...

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 ...

SOLUKHUMBU, May 11: Ten Sherpa members working on rope fixing for the expedition teams ascended the world's tallest peak Mt Everest. With the preparation of the trekking route, an expedition to Mt ...

Hundreds have died attempting to climb Mount Everest and a map has pinpointed the known locations of their bodies.

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

Pemba Tshering Sherpa, who survived Friday's avalanche on Mount Everest, describes his experience on the mountain that day. Photo: Narendra Shrestha for The Wall Street Journal Home Browse Series ...

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

Sherpas on the Summit of Mount Everest / John Waechter Such new regulations further dampen the romance and purity of climbing, a time when mountaineers went to big mountains, assessed the risks ...

The revised regulations require a high-altitude support staff or mountain guide to be assigned for every two climbers for ...

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

Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35% ... pioneered by New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay in 1953. Fees for the less popular ...

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