which permits them to climb up the rope. The North Col (Col is a Welsh word, which means saddle) is the low point of one of the three great ridges that emanate from the summit of Mount Everest.

Independent climbers hoping to summit Nepal's 8,000m peaks without supplementary oxygen or Sherpa support can relax. They're ...

The spring climbing season for 2025 is expected to be a robust one, as per Rishi Bhandari, General Secretary of Expedition Operators Association of Nepal (EOAN).

The ban against unsupported climbers on Mount Everest and other 8,000m peaks will not commence until after the bulk of the ...

Eight people died on Mount Everest in May 1996, but the film only highlights five of the deceased: guides Andrew Harris ...

Three Nepalese climbers recently rescued a fallen climber near Camp 3 on Annapurna, the 10th highest mountain in the world.

The devices will be used to airlift heavy, dangerous loads normally carried by mountain guides. They might even deliver a hot meal or two.

He jogged by mani stones, past rope bridges, loped by the storied Sherpa villages ... with Tenzing Norgay, had been the first ...

Trials began in 2024 when Chinese drone manufacturer DJI teamed up with Nepalese drone service company Airlift and mountain guide Mingma Gyalje Sherpa. They completed the first successful drone ...

KATHMANDU, March 26: The Department of Tourism (DoT) has started issuing mountaineering permits for the spring season 2025.

The Department of Tourism has started issuing permits for the spring mountaineering season. So far, 58 climbers-40 men and 18 women-from eight mountaineering groups have obtained permission to scale ...

The last 5,000 feet on Everest, including its ... Hillary and Tenzing's achievement in climbing this impressive mountaineering obstacle without fixed ropes and using what is now considered ...