Four ex-military friends are planning to summit Everest without the usual lengthy acclimitization period, relying on ...

In his latest video dispatch, Ben Ayers interviews Viorel “Wally” Stirbu, who is back at Everest for his third attempt to reach the summit ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nepal is tightening access to Mount Everest by requiring climbers to summit a 7 000-metre mountain first, aiming to improve ...

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

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.

One of the requirements for applying for an Everest climbing permit is to have experience climbing a peak at least 7,000 ...