The autumn season (September-November) climbing fee has increased from $5,500 to $7,500. At the same time, the permit cost per individual for the winter (December-February) and monsoon (June-August) ...

Biokineticist Nikia Blumenthal offers combat soldiers a cold plunge that she says promotes physical and emotional healing.

Acclimatiztion Climbing high requires physiological adjustment. Humans were not designed to live at altitudes pushing 8,000 meters – the Death Zone. But our bod ...

Over the past century ambitious and brave mountaineers have sought the highest and most remote mountains in the world to explore and climb. Their expeditions, o ...

A group of mountaineers plan to travel from Heathrow to the summit of Mount Everest and back in just seven days - a feat ...

It is a tourism hub for those visiting Mount Everest. According to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS), the earthquake was recorded at 6:35 am. NCS data reveals that two more earthquakes hit ...

The earthquake reportedly struck Tibet's holy city of Shigatse on the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 7 Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

The magnitude 6.8 quake’s epicentre was about 80km north of Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain. Tremors also shook buildings in neighbouring Nepal, Bhutan and India. The impact was ...

The earthquake also rocked Mount Everest - the world's tallest peak at 29,000ft - but everyone on the mountain is understood to be safe. In a statement earlier today a spokesperson said ...

The area around Mount Everest, about 75 kilometers (50 miles) southwest of the epicenter, was empty in the depth of winter when even some residents move away to escape the cold. The quake woke up ...