We were five Americans, our guide Sunil and six Sherpa porters. Our trek was from Lukla, Nepal to Mount Everest base camp.

A weekly newsletter with four quick bites, edited by Tim Leffel, author of A Better Life for Half the Price and The World’s Cheapest Destinations. See past editions here, where your like-minded ...

Prince Edward and Sophie, who arrived to the country on Tuesday, ready for a six-day trip, appeared loved up as they held ...

Nepal bans solo climbs on Mount Everest and all 8,000m peaks, enforcing stricter rules, higher fees, and eco-measures. Here’s ...

Nepal has banned solo expeditions on Mount Everest and other peaks over 8000m. Stricter guidelines now require one mountain ...

Over the last few months, locals in Oakhurst took a liking to a dirt pile that sat in the parking lot of a shopping center.

A fatal race made Tracee Metcalfe the closest to becoming the first American woman to summit all of the world’s 8,000-meter ...

Ordinary people who do extraordinary things. Amy Mazur, recently retired and about to turn 63, is such a person. She plans to ...

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New ...

Here in Part II, we break down what it takes to do Nepal's 1,750km Great Himalayan Trail, both guided and unguided.

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