Under the proposed new Everest law, anyone hoping to climb Mount Everest would need to provide proof that they have previously summited at least one mountain higher than 7,000 meters (roughly 23,000 ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal -- An avalanche triggered by a massive earthquake swept across Nepal's Mount Everest region on Saturday, killing at least 10 climbers and guides, slamming into a section of the ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — China and Nepal have jointly announced a new official height for Mount Everest, ending a discrepancy between the two nations that share a border on the world's highest mountain. The ...

Nepal aims to restrict inexperienced climbers as overcrowding, traffic jams and preventable deaths raise safety alarms on the world’s highest peak - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Climbing fees brought in $5.9m for Nepal last year, with Everest accounting for more than three quarters of that [Getty Images] Nepal will make 97 of its Himalayan mountains free to climb for the next ...

Aug. 12 (UPI) --Nepal will make climbing permits free for 97 of its Himalayan mountains, while also raising fees to summit Mount Everest. The government plans to offer free permits to peaks located in ...

A rare winter storm hit the Tibetan side of Mount Everest, stranding hundreds of mountaineers during peak season, just days after heavy rainfall triggered flooding in Nepal, killing dozens, according ...

The world’s tallest mountain is drowning. Not in water, though the ice is certainly melting. Mount Everest is drowning in a slow, multi-colored drip of human debris. At over 8,000 meters (26,200 feet) ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA (Associated Press) KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s government honored record-holding climbers Monday during celebrations of the first ...