The calendar turned to May yesterday, marking go-time for climbing expeditions in the Himalayas. After a long winter wait, ...

Last week, an unidentified pair of climbers secured a permit to ascend Ghenye Liru, a 6,571m peak in Nepal’s Langtang region ...

The Nepal government drafted an Integrated Tourism Bill that states that any climber wanting to scale Mount Everest (28,029ft ...

There are no details of what happened, but Nepal's Department of Tourism wrote that Martin Hornegger, 64, "went missing after ...

One of the requirements for applying for an Everest climbing permit is to have experience climbing a peak at least 7,000 ...

Nima Rinji Sherpa is the youngest person to summit the world’s 14 mountains higher than 8,000 meters – and an advocate for ...

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 ...

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

A new bill proposes much-needed reforms of rules governing climbing and cleaning up the mountain.

An expedition is planning to take clients up the world's tallest mountain in record time with xenon gas. But some in the ...

Climbing Everest is no easy feat, it is filled with risks and challenges. It requires not just physical fitness and ...