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

Nepal is considering a new regulation requiring Everest climbers to have previously summited a 7,000-meter peak, aiming to ...

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

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Nepal will soon limit Mount Everest climbing permits only to the ones who have already summited at least one 7,000-metre peak in the country, according to a new draft law aimed at improving safety ...

(AP Photo/Gopen Rai) A bird flies in the backdrop of Mount Everest, as seen from Namche Bajar, Solukhumbu district, Nepal on ...

Mount Everest, located in the Himalayas, is exploring restricting access to the summit. Nepal has drafted a law that would require climbers to have prior experience with hiking one of the ...

Nepal is planning to restrict expeditions to Mount Everest only to those mountaineers who have climbed at least one peak above 7,000 metres aimed at reducing deaths in the high altitude zone ...

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

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In May 2019, a photo of the congestion on Mount Everest went viral, prompting criticism around the amount of permits Nepal was issuing. Picture: @nimsdai Project Possible / AFP. Overcrowding on ...

According to Nepal's Department of Tourism, 214 climbers have been issued permits to attempt Mount Everest from the Nepali side of the peak in the south this climbing season, which ends in May.