Mount Everest

Mount Everest

Mountaineers practice walking on a ladder during a training session at Everest base camp, Nepal April 15, 2025. Photo: Reuters

Nepal waives climbing fees for some peaks to lure mountaineers

Nepal has just increased the fees it will charge from September for permits to $350 for a smaller mountain, from a previous $250, to $15,000 for Everest from $11,000.

Kami Rita Sherpa, 53, a Nepali mountaineer, waves towards the media personnel upon his arrival after climbing Mount Everest for the 28th time, creating a new record for the most summits of the world’s highest mountain, in Kathmandu, Nepal May 25, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar/File Photo

Nepali Sherpa scales Mount Everest for a record 31st time

Initially aiming to complete his “Sea to Summit” journey within 90 days, Shakil beat his own deadline, becoming the seventh Bangladeshi to stand atop the world’s highest peak. Photo: Courtesy

Beyond the Horizon: Shakil’s record-breaking trek from Cox’s Bazar to Everest

Ikramul Hasan Shakil at the Base Camp of Mount Everest. Photo: Collected from Shakil's official Facebook page

From sea to summit: Shakil walks from Cox's Bazar to conquer Everest

British climber Kenton Cool, 49, waves towards the media personnel, upon his arrival at the airport, as he returns after completing his 17th ascent of Mount Everest, which is the most by any foreign climber, in Kathmandu, Nepal May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar/File Photo

British climber makes 19th ascent of Everest, most by a non-Sherpa

Kami Rita. Photo: AP via UNB

Famed Sherpa guide will attempt to climb Mount Everest for a 31st time and break his own record

Mount Everest or Sagarmatha (top), highest peak in the world with an altitude of 8.848 metres (29.028 ft) is seen in this aerial view next to 6.812 metres (22.349 feet) high Mount Ama Dablam (bottom R) April 22, 2007. File Photo: Reuters

Nepal hikes Everest climbing fee by a third

Mount Everest or Sagarmatha (top), highest peak in the world with an altitude of 8.848 metres (29.028 ft) is seen in this aerial view next to 6.812 metres (22.349 feet) high Mount Ama Dablam (bottom R) April 22, 2007. File Photo: Reuters

Everest climber's remains believed found after 100 years

Mount Everest or Sagarmatha (top), highest peak in the world with an altitude of 8.848 metres (29.028 ft) is seen in this aerial view next to 6.812 metres (22.349 feet) high Mount Ama Dablam (bottom R) April 22, 2007. File Photo: Reuters

Mt Everest: Is a river making the world's highest peak even taller?

Md Babar Ali in his journey toward the top of Mt Everest. Photo: Courtesy

Global warming making Everest summiting tougher: Babar Ali says after returning home

Nepali mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa, pictured here in 2021, posing with his Guinness World Record certificates for his climbing prowess. Photo: Prakash MATHEMA / AFP

Nepal's 'Everest Man' claims record 30th summit

FILE PHOTO: Mount Everest, the world highest peak, and other peaks of the Himalayan range are seen through an aircraft window during a mountain flight from Kathmandu, Nepal January 15, 2020. REUTERS/Monika Deupala/File Photo

British, Sherpa climbers feared dead near Everest summit

Babar Ali at the top of Mountain Everest. Photo: Courtesy

From doctor to mountaineer: Babar Ali conquers Mount Everest, ends 11-year hiatus