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German mountaineer Jost Kobusch is chasing a seemingly impossible record on the world’s most famous peak

German mountaineer Jost Kobusch is chasing a seemingly impossible record on the world’s most famous peak

At least 60 members, including 25 Sherpas and a filming crew, will accompany climbers.

The Ukrainian Embassy has asked Nepali officials to block Russian mountaineers from the high peaks

Ukraine has voiced its disapproval after Nepal issued climbing permit for Mt. Everest to nine Russians. The embattled country wants the Himalayan country to ban the Russian mountaineers in the wake of invasion of Ukraine. Nepal's Department of Tourism announced that it has started issuing climbing permits to climb the tallest mountain in the world in spring. It has so far issued permits for 18 expedition teams to climb mountains above 6,000m this spring season.

Mount Cho Oyu, an 8,000m peak in the Himalayas, is considered one of the most manageable mountains of its size. More than 4,000 people have reached its 8,188m peak, according to the Himalayan Database, making it the second-most popular mountain after Mount Everest.

Nepal has issued permits to nine Russian climbers despite a Ukrainian call for them to be banned.

Mountaineer Gelje Sherpa takes us inside his ambitious plan to open a new commercial route on the world’s sixth-highest peak

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Approximately seventy years after Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa became the first individuals to conquer Everest following their own pioneered tra ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Approximately seventy years after Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa became the first individuals to conquer Everest following their own pioneered tra ...