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If the fee structure is made official, it will mark the first time that ... $40,000 for their shot at Everest. Most climbers pay closer to $60,000. Some Everest expedition operators charge twice ...

Now, for the first time in nearly a decade, Nepal is raising its Mount Everest permit fees for foreign climbers, reports Reuters’ Gopal Sharma. The new rates will take effect starting in September.

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But they have also been used to give mountaineering teams and tourists a shortcut over challenging terrain in the Sagarmatha National Park, home to Mount Everest, the world's highest peak.

First lady Melania Trump is all business in her official portrait, unveiled by the White House on Monday. The black and white image, snapped by Belgian photographer Régine Mahaux, was captured ...