Indian travellers are seeing airfares soar by 40-50% on many routes. This surge is driven by rising jet fuel costs and fewer available seat...

Hundreds of climbers are attempting Mount Everest despite an unstable ice block and increased costs. The Khumbu Icefall route, crucial for ...

Conquering Mount Everest is not just a test of endurance but an expedition of the spirit. Once a beacon for colonial aspirations, it now sy...

Nepalese authorities are weighing proposals to improve safety on the world's highest mountain, including requiring aspiring Everest climber...

Political unrest in Nepal, stemming from anti-corruption protests, is impacting the country's tourism sector. Tour operators report a decli...

Nepal is set to boost mountain tourism. The government will allow free climbing on 97 peaks in Karnali and Sudurpashchim provinces. This in...

Nepal has implemented new regulations requiring one mountain guide for every two climbers on peaks above 8,000 meters, including Mt Everest...

Mingma G Sherpa is the first Nepali mountaineer to climb all 14 peaks above 8,000 metres without using supplemental oxygen. He was honoured...

Nepali sherpa guide Kami Rita Sherpa scaled Mount Everest for a record 30th time. Two climbers went missing while descending from the peak.

Kami Rita Sherpa, from Thame village in Solukhumbu, Nepal, set a world record with his 30th Mount Everest summit. Khimlal Gautam, Chief of ...

Sherpa Kami Rita has scaled Mt Everest for the 29th time since 1994. He has broken his record. The government of Nepal facilitated the requ...

A Norwegian climber and her sherpa guide have set the record for the fastest time to scale all peaks above 8,000 metres. Kristin Harila and...

China was the first country hit by the pandemic in late 2019, but has since largely contained the disease with strict border controls.

The move reflects the abundance of caution China has taken in dealing with the pandemic. While China has mostly curbed domestic transmissio...

The cost of climbing the Everest starts from the time you start training 12-18 months before the climb. One cannot do it without being phys...

So far, more than 440 aftershocks with magnitude 4 or more have hit Nepal after the two earthquakes last year.

A Japanese climber, who lost nine of his fingers to frostbite, will be the first to scale the Mount Everest as Nepal reopened the peak for ...