Laramie's Mark Jenkins has tried five times to reach the highest peak in Myanmar (formerly Burma). Although a successful ...

Last week, an unidentified pair of climbers secured a permit to ascend Ghenye Liru, a 6,571m peak in Nepal’s Langtang region ...

Last week, an unidentified pair of climbers secured a permit to ascend Ghenye Liru, a 6,571m peak in Nepal’s Langtang region ...

With the spring climbing season well underway on Mt. Everest and other Himalayan 8,000-meter peaks, elite mountain guiding company Madison Mountaineering’s expe ...

In his latest dispatch from the hike to Mount Everest Base Camp, the writer discusses how the booming tourism industry has ...

Nepal is preparing for a record-breaking numbers of climbers on Mount Everest. The surge comes ahead of a planned increase in permit fees from $11,000 to $15,000.

Titanic note sells for nearly $400,000 A letter card penned by one of the ill-fated ship’s most well-known survivors recently ...

Following years of concern over the amount of climbers — both experienced and amateur — attempting to scale Mount Everest, a major change is in the works.

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

Climbers hoping to scale the world's tallest mountain may need to climb another 7,000m+ peak in Nepal to receive a permit ...

Snow cover atop Qomolangma, known as Mount Everest in the West, retreated by 150 meters, indicating a lack of snow ...

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