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 ...

Mount Everest, the highest peak on Earth, stands as the ultimate challenge for climbers worldwide. Scaling it is a feat of physical and mental endurance that captures headlines and fuels dreams of ...

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

Aspiring to conquer the world’s highest peak? Nepal says not so fast – you’ll need a 7,000-metre climb in the country under ...

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 ...

A cancer and exercise researcher at the University of Leeds is set to run the Everest Marathon in May, just over a year on ...

Following years of concern over the amount of climbers attempting to scale Mount Everest, a sweeping change is on the horizon which will dramatically change who can step foot on the mountain in the ...

Nepal will issue Everest permits only to climbers with experience of scaling at least one of the Himalayan nation’s ...

When open-to-all regime ends, a mountaineer must have summited a 7,000-metre peak before attempting the world's highest peak.