The first-ever all-women’s winter expedition from Bangladesh to Nepal’s Himalayan Langtang region took place in December 2024. We spoke to the country’s female mountaineers to find out the challenges ...

While Peter Hillary is one of the most celebrated adventurers on the planet in his own right, it was his father who set the ...

A fatal race made Tracee Metcalfe the closest to becoming the first American woman to summit all of the world’s 8,000-meter ...

Foreign climbers who want to try reaching the top of the 29,032-foot-tall peak will face higher permit fees in Nepal starting ...

The allure of climbing Mount Everest ... the mountain's summit remained elusive until 1953, when Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa from Nepal, successfully reached ...

Each year, an estimated 500 to 1,000 climbers attempt to summit Everest, which stands at 29,031.7 feet above sea level. The first successful ascent of Everest was made on May 29, 1953, by New ...

Each year, an estimated 500 to 1,000 climbers attempt to summit ... ascent of Everest was made on May 29, 1953, by New Zealand’s Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepal’s Tenzing Norgay.

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 ...

Scientists have discovered two mountains which reach heights of around 620 miles (1,000km), dwarfing anything else found on the planet.