Experience a breathtaking helicopter tour of Nepal, starting at sunrise from Kathmandu Airport around 6:20 am. This 5-hour ...

The world has a fascination with Mount Everest – one that brings both money and destruction to Nepal's Himalayan region. Now, ...

President Trump is making new threats to U.S. trade partners. These partners may be refusing pressure, but also ...

The climbing season in the Himalayas continues, with high-altitude expeditions taking on K2 and other 8,000-meter peaks in the Karakoram. After a successful spr ...

The Southeast Ridge ascent passes the familiar landmarks that, over the decades, have come to define the peak: Khumbu Icefall ...

In Tibet, climbing Mount Kailash is prohibited by the Chinese government because it revered by the Hindus, Buddhists and ...

Desolate landscape to tourist hub: How China is transforming Mount Everest Forces of tourism on one hand and climate change on the other are posing huge challenges for these marginal environments.

Beside Everest they escape notice, such is the preeminence of the greatest," George Mallory, 1922. The climbing season on Mount Everest peaks in late May and early June every year.

A century after the disappearance of explorer George Mallory, his photos and diary offer a valuable baseline for investigating impacts of tourism and climate change on the Tibet side of Everest.

The climbing season on Mount Everest peaks in late May and early June every year. Extreme weather patterns at this location and altitude mean the mai ...

A new proposal from Nepal aims to tighten requirements and improve climber safety on the world's tallest peak, but such proposals rarely become law.