From Mount Qomolangma (or Everest) at over 8,000 metres to the Ganges Plains at 50 metres above sea level, the Tibetan Plateau captures an incredible altitudinal gradient, and its diverse ...

KATHMANDU, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Nepal has issued permits for 77 climbers to scale the world's tallest Mount Qomolangma during the spring climbing season, an official said on Sunday. Sixty men and ...