Foreign climbers who want to try reaching the top of the 29,032-foot-tall peak will face higher permit fees in Nepal starting ...

Makalu Climbing Team Retreats Shy of Summit With the retreat of the climbing team attempting a winter ascent on Makalu, the ...

The price of a permit to climb the world’s highest peak will rise 36 percent later this year. Guides believe that climbers ...

While commercial planes are not specifically banned from flying over the Himalayas, there's an unsettling reason why they ...

According to Glacier Himalaya Treks and Expedition, a private group of experienced mountaineers that offers tours, the permit ...

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Geologically, the Tibetan Plateau ranks among the most seismically active areas worldwide, serving as a convergence zone for the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates ...

With the Tibetan region’s seismic vulnerability due to tectonic plate activity, such mega-dam projects could exacerbate risks ...

Climbing Season Climbing season in the Himalayas predominately takes place just twice per year when the Jetstream subsides above the Himala ...

A 55-year-old Singaporean man has completed the remarkable feat of hiking to Mount Everest’s South Base Camp for the second time after 25 years. Marking the achievement, he left the People’s Action ...

“Activity at the site is just beginning,” says Dr. Lotay Tshering, a urologist who served as Bhutan’s Prime Minister from 2018 to 2023 and is now governor of the GMC. “But progress in the ...