Nepal has sharply increased the climbing permit fees for Qomolangma, which is also known as Mount Everest in the West, and ...

Eva Steinwald is training to climb Mount Everest this spring. If she makes it to the top, Steinwald will become the oldest American woman to summit Mount Everest and she will also have completed the ...

This helped fund school trips and enabled students to complete the Duke of Edinburgh award. Organiser Gary Dover said ...

Ian Taylor tackled the world's highest mountain in 2008 and has now offered insight to the realities of the challenge ...

In 2010, at the age of 22 years and seven months, Norris became the youngest British woman to reach the top of Mount Everest ...

Nepal has now made an announcement to ban solo expedition to all the mountains above 8000 meters. This applies to Mount ...

KATHMANDU – Nepal has officially ended solo expeditions on Everest and other 8,000-metre peaks by amending its mountaineering regulations. The Sixth Amendment was implemented on Tuesday following its ...

Imagine crossing an ocean and a continent, then climbing more than 19,000 feet above sea level and finding something from ...

Nepal has hiked the cost of an Everest climbing permit by a third, arguing it will help tackle pollution and boost safety on ...

Mount Vinson, Antarctica Climbers enjoy great success on Mount Vinson this season. The Antarctic summer runs from November ...

A Gurkha veteran who lost both legs serving in Afghanistan is aiming to become the first double above-knee amputee to climb the seven highest peaks in each continent. Hari Budha Magar, 45, made ...