Mount Everest, standing proudly at 8,849 meters above sea level, is the highest peak on Earth and a dream destination for ...

I traveled on a 12-day trip with Mountain Lodges of Nepal, which specializes in small-group travel and covers a route notably different from the "Everest Highway" that many trekkers take.

Yaks move toward the Mount Everest base camp in March. Nepal is considering banning people under the age of 18 and over 75 from climbing the 8,850-metre mountain. Tashi Sherpa / The Associated ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal -- After every party it's time to clean up and Mount Everest is no different. The record number of climbers crowding the world's highest mountain this season has left a government ...

Climbing will reopen on Mount Everest next week after damage to routes caused by avalanches that were set off by a huge earthquake, one of which killed 18 climbers at base camp, senior officials ...

KATMANDU, Nepal — Buddhist monks cremated the remains of Sherpa guides who were buried in the deadliest avalanche to hit Mount Everest, a disaster that has prompted calls for a climbing boycott ...

Nepal doesn’t have rules on how many days climbers must spend acclimatizing or making practice climbs. The permits to climb Everest, which cost $11,000 each, are valid for 90 days.

A Nepal government committee formed after a bad mountaineering season on Mount Everest has recommended new rules that would require climbers to have scaled tall peaks, undergone proper training ...