Four ex-military friends are planning to summit Everest without the usual lengthy acclimitization period, relying on ...

Everest is a huge, complex mountain of rock walls, ice and long ridges. The mountain itself straddles the border between ...

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

Nepal, the landlocked Himalayan country settled between China and India, is regularly hailed as the extreme goal for t ...

In his latest dispatch, our Everest reporter explains the crucial work done by rope-fixing teams. Plus, one climber’s global ...

It tells the story of the series of events that occurred on May 10 and 11, 1996, which led to eight climbers dying on Everest ...

The writer became an aid worker for Mount Everest climbers during the devastating disaster. A decade later, he explores how ...

A team of rope-fixing climbers successfully scaled Mt Everest from Nepal side after they opened a climbing route to the ...

Nepal plans to restrict Everest expeditions to experienced climbers above 7,000 meters to reduce deaths and pollution.

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

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.

Turns out experience matters and for Nepal it looks like 7,000 meters. In a bold move aimed at improving safety and reducing the deadly traffic jams on Mount Everest, Nepal is drafting a new law ...