Mount Everest
Bad Weather Hampers Search For Two Climbers Missing On Pakistan…
The chances of survival for two climbers missing on a treacherous peak in northern Pakistan known as "Killer Mountain"...
Nepal Holds Landmark Polls In Troubled South
Nepal's troubled south began voting Wednesday in the first local elections for two decades, a key stage in the...
Two Alpinists Go Missing On Pakistan’s ‘Killer Mountain’
Two alpinists, a Spaniard and an Argentinian, have gone missing while attempting to summit a peak in northern Pakistan...
Hundreds of Climbers Reach Everest Peak In May
Nearly 450 climbers reached the summit of Mount Everest from the Nepal side in May, officials said Monday, but poor...
China To Bar Foreign Climbers From Everest’s Tibet Side
China will bar foreigners from climbing the Tibetan side of Mount Everest during the coming autumn season after a...
Are Everest Ascents Too Easy To Fake?
Satyarup Siddhanta only discovered he was at the centre of an Everest fraud when he spotted news of a couple whose...
Nepal Pushes Back Polls A Third Time, Risks Monsoon Clash
Nepal on Wednesday postponed local elections for a third time after its tiny Muslim community expressed concerns about...
Nepal Announces $12 Bn Budget Targeting High Growth
Nepal's government unveiled it's annual budget on Monday focused on allocating funds to newly elected local units and...
Bodies of Indian Climbers Who Died On Everest Recovered
Rescuers have retrieved the body of an Indian climber who died on Mount Everest and airlifted it to Kathmandu on...
Spanish Record Climber Tops Everest Twice In A Week
Spanish mountaineer Kilian Jornet has reached the summit of Mount Everest for the second time in a week, his team said...
Co-Pilot In Plane Crash Near Everest Dies of Injuries
The co-pilot of a cargo plane that crashed at a small airport near Mount Everest, killing the pilot, has died from his...
Cargo Plane Crashes Near Mount Everest, 3 Injured
A cargo plane crashed Saturday as it was trying to land at a small airport near Mount Everest, seriously injuring the...
Nepal Lets Everest Permit Dodger Off $22,000 Fine
Nepal said Friday a South African who tried to climb Mount Everest without a permit can go home without paying a...
Everest Rescuers Retrieve Bodies of Two Indian Climbers
Rescuers have retrieved the bodies of two Indian climbers who died on Mount Everest last year but whose remains could...
Republican Health Bill To Leave 23m Uninsured
Some 23 million people would lose health insurance over the next decade under the revised Republican healthcare plan,...
Everest’s Hillary Step Intact, Say Nepali Climbers
The Hillary Step -- a rocky outcrop near the top of Mount Everest -- is still intact, Nepali climbers said Wednesday,...
Everest Climber Accused of ‘illegal’ Tibet-Nepal Traverse
A Polish climber who claims to have traversed from Tibet to Nepal at the summit of Mount Everest may have crossed...
Four Climbers Found Dead On Everest
The bodies of four climbers were found inside a tent on Everest, an expedition organiser said Wednesday, taking the...
Spanish Climber Sets New Everest Record
Spanish mountaineer Kilian Jornet has set the record for the fastest ascent of Mount Everest without fixed ropes or...