Three books capture the stories of mountaineering’s tragic past and lucrative present
It comes as something of a surprise that the history of a pursuit that seems to uniquely combine risk and vanity should be so ...
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Mount Everest
Earth's biggest mountains, more than 100 times taller than Mount Everest, have been discovered on the boundary between Africa and the Pacific Ocean, a groundbreaking research, published in the ...
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Nepal increases Mount Everest climbing fee to $15,000
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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Jalgaon train tragedy: 12 killed as passengers jump off train after false alarm, hit by Karnataka Express
Further, Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis announced ₹5 lakh ex gratia for kin of passengers killed in Jalgaon train tragedy. According to reports, passengers aboard the Pushpak Express noticed ...
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Nepal hits Everest climbers with higher permit fees
The price to climb Mount Everest will soon increase for the first time in nearly a decade, as Nepal announces a sharp mark-up in permit fees. From September, those seeking to summit the world's ...
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Fees to climb Everest are about to get a lot more expensive. One veteran says that won't keep people off the mountain.
Conquering Mount Everest is no easy feat for the body, mind — and bank account. Nepal plans to increase the price of Everest climbing permits by about 36%, the first rise in almost a decade.
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Mount Everest becomes more expensive to climb with 36% fee rise
Nepal announced a more than 35% hike in Mount Everest climbing permit fees, marking the first increase in nearly a decade, officials said Wednesday. Income from permit fees and other spending by ...
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Climbing Mount Everest becomes more expensive in bid to tackle overtourism
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 ...
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Nepal hikes permit fees for Mount Everest climbers by more than 35%
Nepal is to increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35 per cent, raising the cost of accessing the world’s tallest peak for the first time in nearly a decade ...
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Nepal sharply increases permit fee for Everest climbers
A permit to climb the 8,849 metre Mount Everest will cost $15,000 (€14,411), said Narayan Prasad Regmi, director general of the Department of Tourism, announcing a 36% rise in the $11,000 fee ...
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Nepal sharply hikes permit fee for Everest climbers
KATHMANDU, Jan 22 (Reuters) - 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 ...