Following years of concern over the amount of climbers attempting to scale Mount Everest, a sweeping change is on the horizon which will dramatically change who can step foot on the mountain in the ...

When open-to-all regime ends, a mountaineer must have summited a 7,000-metre peak before attempting the world's highest peak.

Nepal will issue Everest permits only to climbers with experience of scaling at least one of the Himalayan nation’s ...

Bengalurus Mekhri Circle marks the starting point of an extraordinary scientific journey—the Great Trigonometric Survey of ...

Think you can just show up and climb Everest? Not anymore! Nepal to require 7,000-metre summit for Everest permit approval. Here's what it means.

An Austrian climber has died while descending Nepal's Ama Dablam after a successful summit, the country's tourism department ...

Sophia Bush's world was 'shattered' in 2015 when her Google executive ex and 'best friend' died in an Mount Everest avalanche ...

A woman with incurable breast cancer is preparing to travel to the Himalayas to take part in the world's highest marathon.

It has stopped snowing in the Himalayas. As a result, the water supply two billion people is under threat. The mountain range ...

Astronomers from MIT have uncovered a dramatic celestial spectacle: a Mercury-sized exoplanet that is rapidly disintegrating ...

A Lewes woman said she was "relieved to return in one piece" after trekking to Mount Everest's base camp for charity.