We've all seen the long lines leading to Mt. Everest. This is especially true in the notorious “Death Zone” near the summit, ...

Nepal is planning to restrict expeditions to Mount Everest only to those mountaineers who have climbed at least one peak above 7,000 metres aimed at reducing deaths in the high altitude zone ...

A commercial expedition is planning to take clients up the tallest mountain in the world in record time with the help of ...

Arriving on Mount ... Everest's most experienced foreign guides, leading one of the very first commercial expeditions to the summit in 1992, and four more times since. He's also unconvinced that ...

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 ...

(AP Photo/Gopen Rai) A bird flies in the backdrop of Mount Everest, as seen from Namche Bajar, Solukhumbu district, Nepal on ...

Nepal is considering a new regulation requiring Everest climbers to have previously summited a 7,000-meter peak, aiming to ...

Milan Pandey is sitting back down at Everest Base Camp, looking out over views that ... CEO of Airlift Nepal, was in touch with the Khumbu municipality for 3D-mapping Mount Everest using drones ...

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Nepal is set to pass a law to grant permits to climb Mount Everest only to those who have previously scaled at least one 7,000-metre peak within the country, marking a major shift for the ...