The relay teams climb 90 rows of steps a total of four times. Event organizers say this is the equivalent to a 700-foot ...

British Council Egypt announced the Study UK Alumni Awards 2025 national winners in a ceremony on 20 February.

Ueli Steck’s warm character, insatiable drive and astonishing climbs made him one of the greatest climbers and mountaineers of the modern era ...

The plan for Hoedl is to arrive in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, on March 8 while the rest of his team of seven men and ...

Despite a significant increase in the number of climbs, the overall mortality rate has remained stable at around 1%. Between ...

According to Anward Richardson of Orangebloods, Sarkisian was able to prevent the departure. In order to keep a coach who ...

The first-ever all-women’s winter expedition from Bangladesh to Nepal’s Himalayan Langtang region took place in December 2024. We spoke to the country’s female mountaineers to find out the challenges ...

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Nepal has banned solo expeditions on Mount Everest and other peaks over 8000m. Stricter guidelines now require one mountain guide for every two climbers. Additionally, climbing fees have increased ...

We were five Americans, our guide Sunil and six Sherpa porters. Our trek was from Lukla, Nepal to Mount Everest base camp. The round trip distance is about 100 miles with no flat trail area. It’s all ...

KATHMANDU, Feb 5: The Nepal government has formally ended solo expeditions on Mt Everest and other mountain peaks above 8,000 metres by making one mountain guide mandatory for two climbers, according ...

The Nepal government has officially ended solo expeditions on Mt Everest and other significant peaks by instituting a requirement for a mountain guide per two climbers, according to updated ...