Hundreds have died attempting to climb Mount Everest and a map has pinpointed the known locations of their bodies.

Nepal just raised permit fees for climbing the world’s highest peak. Experts believe that climbers will still flock to the mountain.

The Majestic Summit Mount Everest, known as Sagarmatha in Nepal and Chomolungma in Tibet, stands as the tallest mountain in ...

As of September, everyone on the mountain must be accompanied by an expert guide, improving safety but potentially jeopardizing record attempts ...

Ngima Nuru Sherpa is small in stature, but he stands tall in the annals of Mount Everest. The 5-foot-7 ... of his mountaineering achievements as a climbing guide. He’s also doing a little ...

Sherpas on the Summit of Mount Everest / John Waechter Such new regulations further dampen the romance and purity of climbing, a time when mountaineers went to big mountains, assessed the risks ...

Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35% ... pioneered by New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay in 1953. Fees for the less popular ...

Everest. On Mt. Everest, conventional acclimatizing can take up to two months while climbing up and down the mountain. Sherpas on Top of Mount Everest / John Waechter Impatient mountaineers have ...

Nepal has banned solo expeditions on Mount Everest and other peaks over 8000m. Stricter guidelines now require one mountain ...

The revised regulations require a high-altitude support staff or mountain guide to be assigned for every two climbers for ...

Nepal has officially banned solo expeditions to all mountains above 8,000 meters, including Mount Everest, by amending its ...