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Nepal plans to increase permit fees from $11,000 to $15,000 for the popular April-May season, Reuters reported.

Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35% ... apply for the popular climbing April-May season along the standard South East Ridge, or South Col route, pioneered ...

The country will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35%, making the world’s tallest peak more expensive for mountaineers for the first time in nearly a decade, officials ...

For those who want to climb Mount Everest the fee will be $15,000 during the peak season, up 36% from its $11,000 fee, the ...

The permit fee for climbing the giant peak has been upped by 36% in a move that will cost climbers thousands more.