Despite a significant increase in the number of climbs, the overall mortality rate has remained stable at around 1%. Between ...

More and more, mountain snow in the Mount Everest region is vanishing into thin air. The snow line on Mount Everest's ...

KATHMANDU – Nepal has announced a 36% hike in permit fees for climbing Mount Everest, the first increase in nearly a decade. The new fees, effective from September 2025, are aimed at boosting ...

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We celebrate 11 of the most beautiful mountains in the world: from the Alaskan wilds and remote Greenland to the giants of ...

Vittoria Sella scaled many tall peaks, including Kangchenjunga and K2, and took some of the greatest photographs ever of the ...

Vittorio Sella was a pioneering Italian photographer whose work at the turn of the 20th Century shaped both mountain ...

Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the first (and so far only) successful expedition to conquer Everest via its fiendishly ...

Nepal has banned solo expeditions on Mount Everest and other peaks over 8000m. Stricter guidelines now require one mountain guide for every two climbers. Additionally, climbing fees have increased, ...

By Alimat Aliyeva Nepal has imposed a ban on solo ascents of peaks over 8,000 meters, including Mount Everest. The new ...