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 decade ...

Nepal has sharply increased Everest climbing permit fees and introduced a slew of measures aimed at controlling garbage pollution and preventing accidents on the planet’s tallest peak. Under the ...

This oak tree has stood in this very spot since long before he or I walked the Earth. It is early winter when MacKenzie, an atmospheric scientist and director of Birmingham University Institute ...

These shared spaces can house potted trees, climbing plants, or even small vegetable gardens, serving as a focal point for social interaction and relaxation. Rooftop terraces, another ...

Climbing the highest peaks in the world, those exceeding 8,000 meters, requires changes to one’s physiology. Beyond an impressive climbing resume and peak physical conditioning, actual bodily ...

nostalgia pic. Ludlow. Picture shows the co-founders of the Friary Hall Youth Club in Ludlow in 1964, pictured at the time. On the left is Francis Lochbaum and on the right is John Clegg.

The 21-year-old Irish woman who died while rock climbing in Spain at the weekend has been named locally as Eve McCarthy from Shankill in Dublin. She was a final year student of physiology at ...