Per The Himalayan Database, a website that charts ascents on Nepal’s 8,000-meter peaks, 91 percent of the 861 Everest summits in 2024 ascended the mountain from Nepal.

The revised regulations require a high-altitude support staff or mountain guide to be assigned for every two climbers for peaks above 8,000 metres, including the 8,849 metres tall Mt Everest The ...

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 every two climbers, according to ...

Mount Everest expedition regulations: The Nepal government, in its revised mountaineering regulations, has formally ended solo expeditions on Mount Everest as well as other peaks above 8,000 meters.

Helicopters are a key means of transport and crucial for emergency rescue in many remote regions around mountainous Nepal ... home to Mount Everest, the world's highest peak.

The Sixth amendment of the mountaineering regulation was released late by Nepal after which climbers were banned from solo expedition in all the 8000ers peaks. Nepal has officially banned solo ...

Kathmandu (AFP) – Nepal has hiked the cost of an Everest climbing permit by a third, arguing it will help tackle pollution and boost safety on the world's highest mountain, the tourism chief ...