Nepal plans to restrict Everest expeditions to experienced climbers above 7,000 meters to reduce deaths and pollution.

Nepal's Sherpa community has made an unmatched contribution to Himalayan mountaineering since Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa successfully climbed Mount Everest on 29 May 1953. There is ...

Official data shows that since 1953’s Hillary-Norgay summit, around 9,000 mountaineers have successfully scaled Mt Everest ...

Today, the miles of fixed ropes put along the route by teams of Sherpas ... above the Everest base camp – there is roughly ...

The Sherpa team ‘fixing’ the mountain has ... This is Garrett checking in for the Madison Mountaineering Everest (8848m/29,032ft) and Lhotse (8516m/27,940ft) expedition team.

An American mountaineer died on Mount Makalu in eastern Nepal during a climb to raise funds for a children's cancer programme, officials said on Tuesday (May 6), the second death in the Himalayan ...

This is the second death in Nepal's climbing season that began in March. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

In a significant step toward ensuring safety and sustainability, Nepal is planning to restrict Mount Everest expeditions to only those climbers who have previously scaled a peak above 7,000 metres.