Nepal will issue Everest permits only to climbers with experience of scaling at least one of the Himalayan nation’s 7,000-meter (22,965 ft) peaks, according to the draft of a new law aimed at ...

A new proposal from Nepal aims to tighten requirements and improve climber safety on the world's tallest peak, but such proposals rarely become law.

Nepal, which is heavily reliant on climbing, trekking and tourism for foreign exchange, has faced criticism for permitting too many climbers, including inexperienced ones, to try to ascend the ...

Nepal doesn’t have rules on how many days climbers must spend acclimatizing or making practice climbs. The permits to climb Everest, which cost $11,000 each, are valid for 90 days.

Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35%, making the world’s tallest peak more expensive for mountaineers for the first time in nearly a decade, officials ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Using xenon gas treatment and the latest technology is making climbing Mount Everest not just faster but also better for the environment, cutting down garbage and waste, a ...

Danika Gilbert of the U.S. and Pasang Kidar Sherpa of Nepal have climbed an aesthetic new route on 6,125m Beding Go in Rolwaling. Pasang Kidar, an IFMGA guide and Managing Director of Khangri Trek ...

Nepal cricket officials outline their intention to play Test cricket in the future and are "climbing Everest" to one day face England in the longer format.

Climber describes scene in Everest's "death zone" : Traffic jams and corpses 02:41. A top Slovak mountaineer died on a descent of the 7,234-meter Langtang Lirung peak in Nepal after an historic ...

Nepal will issue Everest permits only to climbers with experience of scaling at least one of the Himalayan nation’s 7,000-meter (22,965 ft) peaks, according to the draft of a new law aimed at ...

Nepal will issue Everest permits only to climbers with experience of scaling at least one of the Himalayan nation's 7,000-metre (22,965 ft) peaks, according to the draft of a new law aimed at ...