In his latest dispatch from the hike to Mount Everest Base Camp, the writer discusses how the booming tourism industry has ...

Following years of concern over the amount of climbers — both experienced and amateur — attempting to scale Mount Everest, a major change is in the works.

The Nepal government drafted an Integrated Tourism Bill that states that any climber wanting to scale Mount Everest (28,029ft ...

Nepal is set to tighten regulations for Mount Everest climbers with a new law requiring climbers to first summit a 7,000-meter ...

Under the proposed rules, climbers must show proof of scaling a 7,000-metre (22,965 ft) mountain in Nepal before applying for ...

Nepal plans to restrict Everest expeditions to experienced climbers above 7,000 meters to reduce deaths and pollution.

No longer will just any climber with ambition and a permit be able to attempt the world’s highest peak—Mount Everest. A new ...

New bill criticised by international expedition organisers for only allowing certificates from Nepali mountain peaks ...

According to the proposed law, climbers will have to submit a certificate of climbing at least one peak above 7,000 metres in ...

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