Tragedy struck on Mount Everest as an Indian and a Filipino mountaineer died while attempting to scale the world's highest peak, expedition organizers reported on Friday. These two climbers are the ...

Nepal aims to restrict inexperienced climbers as overcrowding, traffic jams and preventable deaths raise safety alarms on the ...

The Government of Nepal just made a first pass at the Integrated Tourism Bill, which sets new rules for who can summit Mount ...

A new law would require climbers to meet specific insurance, health, age and experience thresholds before attempting the climb.

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Hundreds of climbers and their Sherpa guides scaled Mount Everest this month in Nepal, struggling against harsh weather to make it to the summit of the world’s highest mountain ...

Nepal proposes stricter rules for Mount Everest climbers - The legislation aims to reduce the number of medical emergencies on the world’s highest peak ...

There’s no summit bid without a 7,000 meter warm up. If you want to climb the world’s tallest mountain, Nepal wants to see your résumé first. Turns out experience matters and for Nepal it looks like 7 ...

Mount Everest has an elevation of 29,032 feet above sea level. Since 1998, Pasang Dawa has stood at that elevation 26 times. Only 6,388 people have ever climbed Mount Everest, the highest mountain on ...

Sixty years after the first ascent of Mount Everest, the latest National Geographic contains a series of articles on what it calls "the mess at the top of the world." Conrad Anker, who has climbed in ...