Nepal has introduced strict new mountaineering regulations, banning solo expeditions on Mt. Everest and other peaks above 8,000 meters. Under the new rules, climbers must be accompanied by a mountain ...

Yudai Suzuki is one of those Japanese climbers who pursue excellence in modern exploratory alpinism by keeping an ...

Nepal has now made an announcement to ban solo expedition to all the mountains above 8000 meters. This applies to Mount ...

Nepal has officially banned solo expeditions to all mountains above 8,000 meters, including Mount Everest, by amending its ...

When Donna Gardner Rowland and her husband, Charlie, recently completed a 10-day ascent through the storied Annapurna mountain range in Nepal, it represented one of several physical elevation peaks in ...

Wearing a baselayer made of technical, moisture-wicking material is pretty much a must, whatever you’re doing in the mountains, because ordinary materials such as cotton soak through with sweat ...

(250125) -- KATHMANDU, Jan. 25, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Sujata Koirala (4th R), Nepal's former deputy prime minister and foreign minister, Wang Xin (3rd R), a counselor at the Chinese Embassy in Nepal, and ...

For those seeking big mountain adventures, there's nowhere better than the Himalaya. Located primarily in Nepal, the Himalaya boast 8 of the world's tallest mo ...

Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing ... home to eight of the world’s 14 highest mountains, including Mount Everest. A permit to climb the 8,849 meter (29,032 feet) Mount Everest ...

Nepal plans to increase the price of Everest ... In 2024, officials began requiring climbers to carry poop bags while scaling the mountain. "Chances are that the price increases are extremely ...

KATHMANDU, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Nepal will increase the permit fees ... home to eight of the world’s 14 highest mountains, including Mount Everest. A permit to climb the 8,849 metre (29,032 ...