This year, several hundred mountaineers will once again attempt to climb the highest mountain on earth. Climate change is also causing more risk — and creating new problems — on Mount Everest.
A sweeping list of rule changes have been announced in Nepal that are aimed to clean up Mt. Everest's trash problem and increase safety for climbers and guides
Scaling the world's highest summit is an amazing feat that entails plenty of logistics—and now, what climbers do with their poop will be one of them. A new rule requiring...
If you want to summit Everest, you will have to pay a bit more cash to do it. The government of Nepal plans to increase Everest permit fees by 34 percent.
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KATHMANDU, Nepal- Scaling Everest is always dangerous, but expedition organisers have warned that a combination of extreme weather, corner-cutting on safety, and inexperienced and "impatient" foreign climbers has resulted in one of the peak's deadliest mountaineering seasons.
Throughout history, humans have proved incapable of resisting the allure of the Earth’s extremes — its tallest mountains, deepest oceans, even the outer limits of its atmosphere.