As the Diplomat reports, leisure helicopter rides have been banned since January 1 in Nepal's Sagarmatha National Park.

Climbing Mt. Everest is an undeniably ambitious achievement. If this is an undertaking you wish to accomplish, here is our ...

The autumn climbing season, from September to November, will see an increase in permit fees from US$5,500 (RM24,070) to ...

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

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

The campaign will be spearheaded by their group, the Philippine 14 Peaks Expedition Team, whose name is derived from their ...

Norwegian explorer Erling Kagge writes about dangerous walking trips to North Pole, South Pole and Mount Everest in "After the North Pole." ...

Ngima Nuru Sherpa is small in stature, but he stands tall in the annals of Mount Everest. The 5-foot-7, 150-pound native of ...

A fatal race made Tracee Metcalfe the closest to becoming the first American woman to summit all of the world’s 8,000-meter ...

Those returning from Mount Everest say the mountain that lures climbers from around the world each year is littered with more than 100 tonnes of garbage. Noguchi, who climbed the peak in 1999, said he ...

The Radford Highlanders versus the UNC Asheville Bulldogs is one of four games on Wednesday’s college basketball schedule that has a Big South team in play. Watch men’s college basketball ...