I think that Everest needs a rest for a few seasons." New rule at Mt. Everest sparks major controversy: 'I felt my government ...

climbers generated more than 77,000 pounds of human waste on Mount Everest, according to a report from Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee. The cleanup helped lessen the risk to the health of ...

Ikramul Hasan Shakil, a UNDP Youth Advocate and mountaineer, began his 1,300-kilometer journey from Inani Beach, Cox's Bazar, ...

But environmental activists are using the occasion to call attention to the tons and tons of garbage — and human excrement — that have been left on Mt. Everest's slopes in the decades since ...

The increase in climbing fees is part of a series of measures aimed at reducing pollution and ecological impact on Mount Everest, the highest peak on the planet. Nepal's new rules: Everest ...

The new measures aim to address garbage pollution with mandatory waste management ... 36 per cent increase in permit fees for climbing Mount Everest, raising the total amount from $11,000 to ...

Last year, they removed an estimated ten metric tons of garbage from Mount Everest ... rules to help cut down on overcrowding and pollution on Everest. Climbers must now remove their own ...

and apples Mountain ecosystems are under threat from pollution. Microplastics have even been found as high as the summit of Mt. Everest. Up to 84 percent of endemic mountain species are at risk of ...

More than 340 people have died trying to climb Mount Everest, according to Nepalese officials, so finding human remains on the mountain is not exactly uncommon. However, the discovery of a frozen ...

Nepal has hiked the cost of an Everest climbing permit by a third, arguing it will help tackle pollution and boost safety on the world's highest mountain, the tourism chief said Tuesday. Fees for the ...

The government of Nepal believes that the hiked revenue will help manage the growing problem of pollution on Everest, supporting initiatives such as mountain clean-up efforts and search-and-rescue ...