This season, Nepal issued a record 478 Everest climbing permits ... Sherpa community and others dependent on mountain tourism. "The size of the base camp has doubled over the years, it's a ...

The story of the second winter ascent of 8,163m Manaslu, by Noboru Yamada and Yasuhira Saito, in December 1985.

Lhotse and other surrounding peaks you arrive up to Everest Camp Base. This trek has a number of stunning attractions that ranging from the enormous satisfaction of reaching the base of the mountain ...

Where do you poo up a mountain? During climbing season mountaineers spend most of their time at base camp acclimatising to the altitude, where separate tents are erected as toilets, with barrels ...

Elite mountain guiding ... combination of technical rock climbing skills and high-altitude mountaineering expertise. Ama Dablam, situated near the Everest Base Camp, offers an excellent training ...

Frankie McMillan has been regularly climbing mountains with mother Basia ... Frankie told the PA news agency his climb to Everest base camp was a step on his journey to scaling the entire mountain. He ...