In 2024, Monday became the second Aggie to summit Mount Everest, the world’s tallest peak. The first Aggie was Paul Obert, Class of 1973, who climbed the 29,032-foot peak on May 30, 2003 ...
The price of a permit to climb the world’s highest peak will rise 36 percent later this year. Guides believe that climbers ...
The allure of climbing Mount Everest, since the first ascent in 1953 ... would meet the requirements of a guide. Sherpas on the Summit of Mount Everest / John Waechter Such new regulations ...
Foreign climbers who want to try reaching the top of the 29,032-foot-tall peak will face higher permit fees in Nepal starting ...
The increase in climbing fees is part of a series of measures aimed at reducing pollution and ecological impact on Mount ...
If the fee structure is made official, it will mark the first time that Nepal ... multiple Sherpa guides to the summit. Benegas, who advertises his own guided Everest climbs for $85,000, does ...
A Gujarat IPS officer, Harresh Dudhat, became the first from the state to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, hoisting the Indian and Gujarat Police flags. Overcoming harsh snowfall, he now aims to summit Europe ...
Jost Kobusch on Mount Everest during an attempt to summit the mountain solo without ... through his second earthquake on Mount Everest. "At first I thought a serac [a large block of ice from ...
KATHMANDU, Nepal - Starting in late 2025, the permit fee for climbing Mount Everest ... attempt to summit Everest, which stands at 29,031.7 feet above sea level. The first successful ascent ...