Nepal is poised to enact a new law that could significantly restrict access to Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, amid ...

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

If you want to climb the world’s tallest mountain, Nepal wants to see your résumé first. Turns out experience matters and for ...

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

In wake of tragedies on the world's highest mountain, Nepal has introduced a slew of measures to make Everest climbing season ...

Expeditions to climb Mt. Everest are steadily moving to the upper mountain, hoping to summit over the next 2-4 weeks.

Following years of concern over the amount of climbers — both experienced and amateur — attempting to scale Mount Everest, a major change is in the works.

Nepal will issue Everest permits only to climbers with experience of scaling at least one of the Himalayan nation’s ...

New safety measures for Mount Everest proposed by Nepal would require climbers to demonstrate previous high-altitude ...

A new drone service is delivering supplies such as ladders and oxygen cylinders on Mount Everest, making it safer for Sherpas and cutting the time it takes to get supplies up the mountain – as well as ...

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