In his latest dispatch from the hike to Mount Everest Base Camp, the writer discusses how the booming tourism industry has ...

Our writer stops by the Pangboche Monastery, a 600-year-old Sherpa religious center where Mount Everest climbers receive a blessing before their expeditions ...

Nepal has drafted a law that would require climbers to have prior experience with hiking one of the Himalayan mountains, Reuters reported. Those wanting to climb Mount Everest would have to ...

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

In a bold move aimed at improving safety and reducing the deadly traffic jams on Mount Everest ... not just those in the Himalayan nation, for the Everest permit. Lukas Furtenbach, an Austria ...

Nepal will issue Everest permits only to climbers with experience of scaling at least one of the Himalayan nation’s 7,000-meter (22,965 ft) peaks, according to the draft of a new law aimed at ...

With the spring climbing season well underway on Mt. Everest and other Himalayan 8,000-meter peaks, elite mountain guiding company Madison Mountaineering’s expeditions are moving. Their Everest ...

Climbing teams are progressing on Mt. Everest as the spring climbing season in the Himalayas takes shape. At 29,029 feet, the highest mountain in the world endures the relentless force of the Jet ...

A general view of base camp overlooking Mount Everest, the world's highest peak and other peaks of the Himalayan range in Solukhumbu district, also known as the Everest region, Nepal.(REUTERS ...