Foreign climbers who want to try reaching the top of the 29,032-foot-tall peak will face higher permit fees in Nepal starting ...

In 2010, at the age of 22 years and seven months, Norris became the youngest British woman to reach the top of Mount Everest ...

Shane Boyd, an avid adventurer from Fermanagh, has set his sights on conquering Mount Everest as part of his mission to complete the Seven ...

A former Army officer is aiming to lead the fastest ever expedition to the summit of Mount Everest with the help of a rare gas that encourages the production of red blood cells. Garth Miller ...

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

Sherpas on the Summit of Mount Everest / John Waechter Such new regulations further dampen the romance and purity of climbing, a time when mountaineers went to big mountains, assessed the risks ...

In 2024, Monday became the second Aggie to summit Mount Everest, the world’s tallest peak. The first Aggie was Paul Obert, Class of 1973, who climbed the 29,032-foot peak on May 30, 2003 ...

Reaching heights of around 620 miles (1,000km) these continent-sized “islands” of rock dwarf anything else found on our ...

Hari Budha Magar, an adventurer and disability campaigner, is aiming to become the first double above-knee amputee to climb the Seven Summits.

The earthquake's epicentre was about 80 km (50 miles) north of Mount Everest ... known as the northern gateway to the Everest region, at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). The U.S. Geological Service ...

Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35%, making the world’s tallest peak more expensive for mountaineers for the first time in nearly a decade ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Starting in late 2025, the permit fee for climbing Mount Everest will increase ... an estimated 500 to 1,000 climbers attempt to summit Everest, which stands at 29,031.7 feet ...