The Majestic Ecosystem of Everest Mount Everest is home to a surprisingly diverse ecosystem, given its harsh climate. Despite ...

The price to climb Mount Everest will soon increase for the first time in nearly a decade, as Nepal announces a sharp mark-up ...

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

The allure of climbing Mount Everest, since the first ascent in 1953, continues to escalate, resulting in overcrowding and growing waste concerns. Rules surrounding waste and clean-up programs ...

The increase in climbing fees is part of a series of measures aimed at reducing pollution and ecological impact on Mount Everest, the highest peak on the planet.

Nepal has banned solo expeditions on Mount Everest and other peaks over 8000m. Stricter guidelines now require one mountain ...

Conquering Mount Everest is no easy feat for the body ... foreigners must pay $15,000 for a climbing permit for the spring season, up from $11,000. Permits for the less popular autumn and winter ...

Nepal is set to increase the cost of climbing Mount Everest, marking the first price hike for the world’s highest peak in nearly a decade. The permit fee will jump by 36%, rising from $11,000 to ...

Everest’s thin air in combination with blizzard conditions make clean-up efforts nearly impossible, with hazardous weather attributed to at least a quarter of all deaths on the mountain.

Amid concerns about overcrowding on Everest and climbers queuing in dangerous conditions to reach the summit, the Nepalese army in 2019 began conducting an annual clean-up of the mountain ...