At the top of the world, there is a sea—the remains of one, at least. The summit rocks of Mount Everest, the highest ...

About 3,000 of Nepal's more than 10,000 Sherpas reside in the Khumbu valley, the gateway to the southern side of Mount Everest. Because their physical prowess at high altitudes is unmatched ...

Everest. On Mt. Everest, conventional acclimatizing can take up to two months while climbing up and down the mountain. Sherpas on Top of Mount Everest / John Waechter Impatient mountaineers have ...

Introduction Nepal, home to eight of the arena’s 14 highest peaks, is a the accommodation of the glorified soul for trekkers ...

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 ...

Nepal is to increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35 per cent, raising the cost of accessing the world’s tallest peak for the first time in nearly a decade ...