The price of a permit to climb the world’s highest peak will rise 36 percent later this year. Guides believe that climbers ...

Mount Everest is indeed the world's highest mountain, with its peak standing at 8,849m (that's 8.8km) above the ocean.

BEIJING--China has canceled attempts to climb Mount Everest from its side of the ... to climb the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) -high mountain this spring. Nepal has given permission to 408 people.

As of September, everyone on the mountain must be accompanied by an expert guide, improving safety but potentially ...

Mount Everest straddles the border between Nepal and the Tibetan Autonomous Region of China, with climbers able to ascend from either side. Since the first successful ascent by Tenzing Norgay and ...

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 officially banned solo expeditions to all mountains above 8,000 meters, including Mount Everest, by amending its ...

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

Amid US-China Tariff War ... This new provision now is applicable for all the mountains above 8000 meters including the Highest Peak- Mount Everest. With new regulation in effect, solo climbing ...