Veteran guides share tips and tricks for avoiding or navigating the gridlock that always arises on the trail to the top ...

Eight Nepali climbers reached the summit of Mount Everest on May 9, kicking off 2025’s climbing season. Read more at ...

A Filipino climber has died on Mount Everest, officials said on Thursday, becoming the first fatality of 2025’s climbing ...

A now-iconic photo by climber Nirmal “Nims” Purja, taken on May 22, 2019, shows a line of hundreds snaking up the narrow ...

More than 50 climbers have reached the summit since the route opened KATHMANDU: A Filipino climber has died on Mount Everest, officials said Thursday, becoming the first fatality of this year's ...

Mount Everest climbs hit record highs 70 years after the first ascent, raising concerns over overcrowding, safety and environmental impact.

If you want to climb the world’s tallest mountain, Nepal wants to see your résumé first. Turns out experience matters and for Nepal it looks like 7,000 meters. In a bold move aimed at improving safety ...

The Hillary Step is located in the Everest “death zone”, an area between ... $11,000 to $15,000 in order to curb increasing "human traffic" on the mountain. The new rate will come into effect ...

Nepal plans to restrict Everest expeditions to experienced climbers above 7,000 meters to reduce deaths and pollution.

says she watched Everest become increasingly crowded each year, leading to traffic jams that can turn deadly.

Over-crowding has become a serious issue on Everest where in 2019 a human traffic jam meant teams were forced to wait for hours at the summit in freezing temperatures, risking depleted oxygen ...

In a bold move aimed at improving safety and reducing the deadly traffic jams on Mount Everest, Nepal is drafting a new law that would require climbers to first summit at least one 7,000-meter ...