The calendar turned to May yesterday, marking go-time for climbing expeditions in the Himalayas. After a long winter wait, ...

New safety measures for Mount Everest proposed by Nepal would require climbers to demonstrate previous high-altitude ...

In his latest video, Ben Ayers takes us inside the topsy-turvy world of air travel in Nepal’s Mount Everest region ...

No longer will just any climber with ambition and a permit be able to attempt the world’s highest peak—Mount Everest. A new ...

Following years of concern over the amount of climbers — both experienced and amateur — attempting to scale Mount Everest, a major change is in the works.

Mountaineers who are setting their sights on Mt. Everest should be aware of certain new rules that will keep them safe on the ...

On Easter Sunday, an Italian helicopter pilot named Simone Moro received word of a SOS call on 26,545-foot Annapurna in Nepal. Moro told Outside that a Ukrainian climber was suffering from altitude ...

One of the requirements for applying for an Everest climbing permit is to have experience climbing a peak at least 7,000 ...

With the spring climbing season well underway on Mt. Everest and other Himalayan 8,000-meter peaks, elite mountain guiding company Madison Mountaineering’s expe ...

The 2025 climbing season in the Himalayas has begun without controversy ... lies at the center of a current discussion on Mount Everest. Humans were not designed to live at altitudes pushing ...