Nepal, the landlocked Himalayan country settled between China and India, is regularly hailed as the extreme goal for t ...

The first international climbers reached the top of Everest on Sunday, but that sprinkling of summiters will have to suffice ...

Nepal will issue Everest permits only to climbers with experience of scaling at least one of the Himalayan nation’s ...

If you want to climb the world’s tallest mountain, Nepal wants to see your résumé first. Turns out experience matters and for ...

A team of rope-fixing climbers successfully scaled Mt Everest from Nepal side after they opened a climbing route to the ...

Nepal announces major rule change for anyone who wants to climb Everest - New bill criticised by international expedition ...

The Everest climbing season has commenced ahead of schedule after a team from 8K Expeditions successfully reached the summit, ...

The writer became an aid worker for Mount Everest climbers during the devastating disaster. A decade later, he explores how ...

Our Everest columnist shares some intel on how to avoid illness during the 11-day hike. Plus, a rest day adventure in the ...

Following years of concern over the amount of climbers — both experienced and amateur — attempting to scale Mount Everest, a major change is in the works.

Nepal plans to restrict Everest expeditions to experienced climbers above 7,000 meters to reduce deaths and pollution.

Historically, men have dominated the public record in mountaineering. In the last few years, the 70th anniversary of the first summit of Everest in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay has ...