Experts believe the Himalayas are probably the worst affected mountain range in the world given their location in a populous ...

Nepal is set to host Sagarmatha Sambaad, also known as the “Everest Dialogue,” from May 16-18.

Every year, climbers in Nepal’s high peaks face the risk of getting lost or stranded, where every moment counts in search and ...

Expedition operators believe Nepal should not limit the permit to just those in the Himalayan Mountain range but should allow any 7,000-meter peak as many mountains are not popular. Austria-based ...

On 25 May 1955, Joe Brown and George Band, members of a British expedition, made history by becoming the first climbers to summit Mt. Kangchenjunga, the world's third-highest peak. Seventy years ...

The foreign guests were taken on a mountain flight under the leadership of the Minister for Forests and Environment, Ain Bahadur Shahi. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Nepal Tourism Board ...

Nepal will issue Everest permits only to climbers with experience of scaling at least one of the Himalayan nation's 7,000-metre (22,965 ft) peaks, according to the draft of a new law aimed at reducing ...

Overcrowding has been blamed for the high number of deaths on the mountain. At least 12 climbers died, and another five went missing on Everest’s slopes in 2023 when Nepal issued 478 permits.

An American mountaineer died on Mount Makalu in eastern Nepal during a climb to raise funds for a children's cancer program, officials said on Tuesday, the second death in the Himalayan nation's ...