Nepal has introduced sweeping new regulations for Mount Everest climbers, aiming to reduce overcrowding, boost safety, and ...

Nepal is poised to enact a new law that could significantly restrict access to Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, amid ...

Expeditions to climb Mt. Everest are steadily moving to the upper mountain, hoping to summit over the next 2-4 weeks.

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With the spring climbing season well underway on Mt. Everest and other Himalayan 8,000-meter peaks, elite mountain guiding company Madison Mountaineering’s expe ...

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A cancer and exercise researcher at the University of Leeds is set to run the Everest Marathon in May, just over a year on from her incurable breast ...

Nepal plans to restrict Everest expeditions to experienced climbers above 7,000 meters to reduce deaths and pollution.

Following years of concern over the amount of climbers — both experienced and amateur — attempting to scale Mount Everest, a major change is in the works.

Nepal plans to restrict Mount Everest expeditions to experienced climbers, allowing only those who've summited a peak above 7 ...

New safety measures for Mount Everest proposed by Nepal would require climbers to demonstrate previous high-altitude ...