If you want to climb the world’s tallest mountain, Nepal wants to see your résumé first. Turns out experience matters and for ...

The writer became an aid worker for Mount Everest climbers during the devastating disaster. A decade later, he explores how ...

The author treks to the ancestral capital of the Sherpa, and explains how the booming tourism industry has changed this ...

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.

One of the requirements for applying for an Everest climbing permit is to have experience climbing a peak at least 7,000 ...

Nepal is considering a new regulation requiring Everest climbers to have previously summited a 7,000-meter peak, aiming to ...

mountain in Nepal before qualifying for an Everest permit, a Reuters report mentioned. The proposed legislation is part of a broader effort to address concerns over congestion on Mount Everest ...

In a significant step toward ensuring safety and sustainability, Nepal is planning to restrict Mount Everest expeditions to only those climbers who have previously scaled a peak above 7,000 metres.

Mount Everest, located in the Himalayas, is exploring restricting access to the summit. Nepal has drafted a law that would require climbers to have prior experience with hiking one of the ...

Arriving on Mount ... Everest's most experienced foreign guides, leading one of the very first commercial expeditions to the summit in 1992, and four more times since. He's also unconvinced that ...

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