Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A mountaineer holds on to the rope during an ice climbing session at Everest base camp, Nepal, on April 15, 2025. - Purnima ...

Climbing fees brought in $5.9m for Nepal last year, with Everest accounting for more than three quarters of that [Getty Images] Nepal will make 97 of its Himalayan mountains free to climb for the next ...

Nepal's government says it has a “duty to protect” the Himalayas from the risks presented by climate change and the growing numbers of climbers attempting to scale the region's summits, especially ...

Asharq Al Awsat Highly skilled mountaineers known in Nepal as "icefall doctors" have begun fixing ropes and ladders on Mount Everest to prepare for the coming spring climbing season, officials said ...

Climbers attempting to summit Mount Everest will now be required to bring back at least two kilograms of garbage from areas ...

Nepal’s new tourism bill enforces stricter Everest expedition rules, including prior experience and verified ascent ...

A rare winter storm hit the Tibetan side of Mount Everest, stranding hundreds of mountaineers during peak season, just days after heavy rainfall triggered flooding in Nepal, killing dozens, according ...

Prem Samal made a seven-day hike to Everest's south base camp to honor his home city of St. Louis!

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s mountaineering community celebrated the conquest of the world’s highest mountain with a rally of climbers, guides and others who gathered for International Everest Day.

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 reducing ...