Conquering Mount Everest is no easy feat for the body ... foreigners must pay $15,000 for a climbing permit for the spring season, up from $11,000. Permits for the less popular autumn and winter ...

They make Mount Everest look like an anthill. Scientists in the Netherlands have shed new light on two mountains that are taller than Mount Everest by hundreds of miles, suggesting that they’re ...

The push to the summit happens in a series of ascents to further camps set up on the mountain ... will depend on the queue at the summit. From the summit of Mount Everest, you’ll need around ...

The allure of climbing Mount Everest, since the first ascent in 1953, continues to escalate, resulting in overcrowding and growing waste concerns. Rules surrounding waste and clean-up programs ...

Climbing Mount Everest is no easy task ... In 2019, the Nepalese army began carrying out an annual clean-up of the mountain, which has been described as the 'world's highest garbage dump'.

Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35%, making the world’s tallest peak more expensive for mountaineers for the first time in nearly a decade ...

Nepal is set to increase the cost of climbing Mount Everest, marking the first price hike for the world’s highest peak in nearly a decade. The permit fee will jump by 36%, rising from $11,000 to ...

Conquering Mount Everest will cost climbers an extra $4,000 (£3,270) after Nepal hiked up fees for the first time in almost a decade. Nepal's government has announced a 36% increase in permit ...