Stephen Gill, who operates Angels Cut on Duke Street, is set to climb to Mount Everest base camp in April for charity.

Despite a significant increase in the number of climbs, the overall mortality rate has remained stable at around 1%. Between ...

KATHMANDU – Nepal has announced a 36% hike in permit fees for climbing Mount Everest, the first increase in nearly a decade. The new fees, effective from September 2025, are aimed at boosting ...

This rule applies to all mountains above 8,000 meters, including Mount Everest. “When climbing a mountain peak with an altitude of more than eight thousand meters, every two members of the ...

Kathmandu [Nepal]: Nepal has officially banned solo expeditions to all mountains above 8,000 meters, including Mount Everest, by amending its mountaineering regulations, according to the ...

Nepal has hiked the cost of an Everest climbing permit by a third, arguing it will help tackle pollution and boost safety on the world's highest mountain, the tourism chief said on Tuesday.

Kathmandu: Nepal has hiked the cost of an Everest climbing permit by a third, arguing it will help tackle pollution and boost safety on the world's highest mountain, the tourism chief said Tuesday.

The price of a permit to climb the world’s highest peak will ... the permitting fee for foreign climbers hoping to ascend Mount Everest during the busy spring season from $11,000 to $15,000.

These giants are some 100 times higher than Mount Everest, rising 1,000 kilometers, while Everest's peak is about 8.8 kilometers above the sea. Researchers estimate that these mountains are at ...