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.

This spring, 402 climbers from 53 countries, including 74 women, have received permission from Nepal's Department of Tourism ...

KATHMANDU, April 28: Four hundred and two climbers from 53 countries have received permits as of April 27 for climbing Mt ...

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

Krishna Pokharel writes about life, politics, business, environment, religion and culture in India and the Himalayan region for The Wall Street Journal.

Certain places on Earth seem far too extreme to support life, but that assumption is far from true. Rather, life apparently ...