An Austrian guide will soon lead trips up the world’s highest peak in less time than an average beach holiday. Is adventure travel going too high, too fast?
At least 53 people are dead after a powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit a Tibetan region near Mount Everest. Tremors reverberated through Nepal's capital city Kathmandu just before dawn on Tuesday.
per the Kathmandu Post’s Sangam Prasain. At the time, authorities said the price increase would help them update Everest facilities and boost the salaries of porters, workers and guides.
KATHMANDU, - Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35%, making the world’s tallest peak more expensive for mountaineers for the first time in nearly a ...