Everest permit fees hike: Nepal increases climbing permit fees by 36 per cent, sparking debate on the impact on tourism and environmental conservation.

In 1994, he became the first person to summit Mount Everest, and now he has scaled other peaks such as K2, Cho Oyu, Lhotse, and Mansalu andadded to his climbing achievements. Summit attempts number ...

Outside will be stationed in Nepal’s Mount Everest Base Camp for the 2025 spring climbing season. Here is your destination for all the news from the Himalayas. New perk: Easily find new routes ...

Milan Pandey is sitting back down at Everest Base Camp, looking out over views that few have ever seen — and he got there without having to pull on a crampon or wield an ice ax. He is a drone pilot, ...

A permit to climb the 8,849m Mount Everest will cost US$15,000 (RM66,590), said Narayan Prasad Regmi, director general of the Department of Tourism, announcing a 36% rise in the US$11,000 (RM48 ...

KATHMANDU, April 6: A total of 198 mountaineers have obtained climbing permits this season, according to the Department of Tourism. Of them, 17 women and 60 men will be attempting to scale Mt Everest.

The climbing wall was the first to be built in central Kathmandu. Our Dispatches from Everest reporter Ben Ayers recently toured Astrek to check out the stores and the climbing wall. He met with ...

The China Tibet Mountaineering Association (CTMA), the regulates climbing activities in Tibet – which shares Mt Everest with Nepal – issued new regulations Thursday, informing climbing agencies in ...