As of September, everyone on the mountain must be accompanied by an expert guide, improving safety but potentially jeopardizing record attempts

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

Nepali airlines have resumed helicopter rescue operations in the Everest region after local protests had suspended flights over environmental and economic concerns. Rescue flights are now active, but negotiations continue to resolve the conflict over commercial helicopter services and their impact on local communities.

At around 620 miles high, these subsurface “islands of rock” stand more than 100 times higher than Mount Everest’s summit of around 5.5 miles,

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.

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Mount Everest faces severe pollution due to trekking and mountaineering activities, turning it into the "world's highest garbage dump." Nepal has intr

Nepal announced a more than 35% hike in Mount Everest climbing permit fees, marking the first increase in nearly a decade, officials

Nepal has decided to increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest, the world's tallest peak. The last revision in the free was undertaken in 2015, when Nepal ditched the a group-based system to adopt a uniform fee.

Nepal is set to increase the cost of climbing Mount Everest, marking the first price hike for the world’s highest peak in nearly a decade. The permit fee will jump by 36%, rising from $11,000 to $15,000, according to Narayan Prasad Regmi, director general of Nepal’s Department of Tourism.

Nepali airlines have resumed rescue helicopter flights to the Everest region, an aviation industry official announced Tuesday, following weeks of suspension prompted by protests from locals citing environmental impact and loss of income from trekkers.