Despite a significant increase in the number of climbs, the overall mortality rate has remained stable at around 1%. Between ...

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 ...

What happens to those who can’t make it back? Mount Everest stands as the ultimate test of human endurance. At 8,848.86 meters (29,031.7 feet), it has drawn thousands of climbers eager to reach its ...