An expedition is planning to take clients up the world's tallest mountain in record time with xenon gas. But some in the ...

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

The writer became an aid worker for Mount Everest climbers during the devastating disaster. A decade later, he explores how ...

Official data shows that since 1953’s Hillary-Norgay summit, around 9,000 mountaineers have successfully scaled Mt Everest ...

Under the proposed rules, climbers must show proof of scaling a 7,000-metre (22,965 ft) mountain in Nepal before applying for ...

According to the draft of a new law registered in the Assembly, climbers will be required to have successfully scaled at least one 7,000-metre mountain in Nepal ...

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

Nepal plans to implement new restrictions on climbers aiming to summit Mt. Everest. Mountaineers must now have experience ...

The remains of an explorer from 1924 who went missing while climbing Mount Everest were eventually found through a recent National Geographic expedition, putting to bed a 100-year mystery about his ...

New bill criticised by international expedition organisers for only allowing certificates from Nepali mountain peaks ...

Nepal is planning to restrict expeditions to Mt Everest only to those mountaineers who have climbed at least one peak above 7,000 metres aimed at reducing deaths in the high altitude zone, a media ...

Fredinburg was just 33 when he died in what became known as the Mount Everest South Base Camp disaster. The avalanche, ...