Nepal has introduced strict new mountaineering regulations, banning solo expeditions on Mt. Everest and other peaks above 8,000 meters. Under the new rules, climbers must be accompanied by a mountain ...

Nepal has banned solo expeditions on Mount Everest and other peaks over 8000m. Stricter guidelines now require one mountain ...

The Nepal government has formally ended solo expeditions on Mt Everest and other mountain peaks above 8,000 metres by making one mountain guide mandatory for two climbers, according to revised ...

Nepal has now made an announcement to ban solo expedition to all the mountains above 8000 meters. This applies to Mount ...

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

Trailblazing mountaineer Nims Purja has set his sights on an ambitious new project - completing the 14 Peaks for the third time, making him the first person to ever do so.He will aim to complete the ...

This week, we are exploring mountaineering data from the Himalayan Dataset! The Himalayan Database is a comprehensive archive documenting mountaineering expeditions in the Nepal Himalaya. It continues ...

A 70- year old Burnsall man is preparing to climb a mountain in Nepal in memory of his wife who died from cancer two years ago. Robert Fort is set to climb the 21,000 ft Mera Peak in April in memory ...

The Little Mountain fire erupted Wednesday in San Bernardino County. (San Bernardino County Fire Protection District) ‘To call this a crime of violence is quite the understatement’: Judge ...

Crews responded around 2 p.m. to Little Mountain Drive and West Edgehill Road, where the Little Mountain fire was burning around 30 acres as of around 2:45 p.m., said Eric Sherwin, a spokesperson ...

Researchers used drone imagery to analyze the full scope of a massive, 3,000-year-old fortress in the Caucasus mountains. Digitally stitching together 11,000 images, they created a complete map of ...

Nepal’s highest court has scrapped a controversial new law that allowed infrastructure development, such as hotels and cable cars, inside protected areas. The law, passed in July, threatened to ...