Nepal will issue Everest permits only to climbers with experience of scaling at least one of the Himalayan nation’s 7,000-meter (22,965 ft) peaks, according to the draft of a new law aimed at reducing ...

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Jewel SAMAD/AFP/AFP Nepal has waived climbing fees for 97 mountains, officials said on Wednesday, hoping to steer people to its lesser-known peaks and boost local economies. Climbers pay for permits ...

All five people on board a helicopter were killed when it crashed Wednesday in the mountains just northwest of Nepal’s capital, authorities said.The bodies of four men and a woman were pulled from the ...

Kathmandu, Nepal – “We Are All Connected”, a short film competition organized on the occasion of International Mountain Day by WWF Nepal in partnership with the Kathmandu International Mountain Film ...

Two mountaineers, one French and one South Korean, have died in Nepal after separate expeditions to the Ama Dablam mountain ...

There are certain activities that demand absolute focus. The surroundings blur as vision narrows, tension rings in the ears. The closer to danger, the more exciting it gets. Thrill is what adventure ...

(CNN) — A permit to climb the world’s tallest mountain costs an eye-popping $15,000 — and that’s before you add in the price of airfare, gear and a guide. But Nepal, which has long sought to diversify ...