PAN SONGGANG/FOR CHINA DAILY Zhang Xiaoyu, Party secretary of Mudanjiang Cardiovascular Hospital, echoes the hospital's ...

Nepal has sharply increased the climbing permit fees for Qomolangma, which is also known as Mount Everest in the West, and ...

Jordi Canals Fontan, secretary general of the International Ski Mountaineering Federation (ISMF), spoke to Xinhua on a steep slope at the Yabuli Ski Resort, the venue for ski mountaineering at the ...

At the top of the world, there is a sea—the remains of one, at least. The summit rocks of Mount Everest, the highest ...

Nepal has banned solo expeditions to all the mountains above 8,000 meters inside the country, including the world tallest Mount Qomolangma, an ...

Nepal has banned solo expeditions to all the mountains above 8,000 meters inside the country, including the world’s tallest ...

KATHMANDU, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Nepal has banned solo expeditions to all the mountains above 8,000 meters inside the country, including the world's tallest Mount Qomolangma, an official said on ...

The increase in climbing fees is part of a series of measures aimed at reducing pollution and ecological impact on Mount Everest, the highest peak on the planet.

(The mountain can also be scaled from the Chinese side, in Tibet, where it’s known as Qomolangma.) Companies also offer chartered flights starting from $5,000 that go even higher than Base Camp ...