Major Everest rule change planned to only permit climbers who have scaled at least one 7,000m peak - New bill criticised by ...

Nepal plans to issue Everest permits only to climbers who have scaled a local 7,000-meter peak. The new regulation aims to ...

KATHMANDU, April 28: Four hundred and two climbers from 53 countries have received permits as of April 27 for climbing Mt ...

A total of 402 climbers from 53 countries have received permits to climb Mt Everest this spring, with Nepal’s Department of Tourism collecting Rs 684 million in royalties so far.

Astronomers discovered a planet that orbits its star so closely that its surface is being scorched into magma and vaporizing ...

One of the greatest mountain guides will attempt to scale the world’s highest peak for the 31st time — and possibly the 32nd ...

Veteran Sherpa climber Kami Rita is preparing for a record-breaking ascent of Mount Everest. The 55-year-old, considered one ...

Our Everest correspondent recently attended a pre-climb meeting held by guiding company Seven Summit Treks in downtown ...

Astronomers from MIT have uncovered a dramatic celestial spectacle: a Mercury-sized exoplanet that is rapidly disintegrating ...