With recent cuts to USAID, and dangerous over-crowding on the world’s highest peak, Nepal faces serious challenges. Two Everest experts answer questions about it.

Doing Everest, Lhotse, and Nuptse in one season is so rare that only four have succeeded -- two Western guides, one ...

History is repeating itself in the world of controversial sports records.

Our Everest reporter explains the biggest stories from the 2025 season: fewer fatalities than in 2024, a narrow weather ...

A new proposal from Nepal aims to tighten requirements and improve climber safety on the world's tallest peak, but such ...

According to Nepal's Department of Mountaineering, 468 foreign climbers from 57 countries were given permits to climb Everest ...

Kathmandu rally marks 72 years since first Everest summit A rally wound through the streets of Kathmandu on Thursday, marking 72 years since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay first stood atop Everest ...

Mountaineers form a queue as they approach the summit of Mount Everest in Nepal, May 18, 2025. A tower block has burst into flames amid reports of an 'explosion' at the building, with emergency crews ...

Climbers could face new regulatory hurdles as the world's tallest mountain faces the devastating effects of overcrowding and ...

Nepal pledged to support mountaineering and keep climbers safe as it welcomed many of those who have scaled Mount Everest to ...