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Nepal announces a hike in climbing fee for 8,000ers

Nepal has raised the climbing permit fee for all its 8,000ers by 36-40 percent. As a result, the new permit fee for climbing Mount Everest during the spring season has increased to $15,000 up from $11,000 per person.

Community participation to protect the rare elongated tortoise

Nepal has an opportunity to use community-driven conservation to protect the critically endangered elongated tortoise, which can be key to saving this species from extinction.

Adriana Brownlee becomes youngest female climber to complete 14 peaks

French climber Alasdair Scot Mckenzie, 20, Pakistani Shehroze Kashif, 22, and British Adriana Brownlee, 23, are the youngest of the batch of 13 climbers who completed 14-peak challenge on Wednesday.

Dawa Yangzum Sherpa becomes first Nepali woman to complete all 14 peaks

Dawa Yangzum Sherpa, who scaled Everest at the age of 21, became the first woman to become the IFMGA certified guide, and now the first Nepali female climber to complete all 14 peaks.

Mingma G sets record on Shishapangma

Mingma Gyalje Sherpa, the first Nepali to summit all 14 of the world’s highest peaks without oxygen, led a group of climbers on Shishapangma, where several records are anticipated to be set in the coming days.

Naoko sets the world record for the most ascent of K2

About three dozens of climbers stood atop Mount K2 right after the rope fixing team laid the rope to the summit despite unpredictable weather condition.

Kenyan family to leave Kirui’s body on Everest

The search and rescue team from Seven Summit Treks discovered the 40-year Joshua Cheruiyot Kirui’s body between the summit and the Hillary Step.

Annapurna records season’s first ascent 

After weeks of delay due to harsh weather, scores of climbers stood atop Annapurna (8091m) early on Saturday morning, making it the season's first ascent of the 8,091m peak in Nepal

Ama Dablam opens; a member of rope fixing team dies on descent  

The rope fixing team has opened the route to the summit of Ama Dablam (6,812m) for autumn season, but loses one of its members on descent

Nepali climbers set to test their limit by climbing K2 in record time

Three Nepali and one French mountaineer have set out to summit the savage mountain in less than 16 hours

Sanu Sherpa making mountaineering history; nearer to climbing all 14 peaks twice

Sanu Sherpa is just one peak short to becoming the world's first mountaineer to summit all 14 peaks twice, never done in mountaineering history before. Now, Gasherbrum II (8,035) is the only peak left for him to summit to complete his double ascent victory of 14 peaks above 8,000 m

Shehroze Kashif sets world record; becomes the youngest to climb top five 8,000-meter peaks

This season, Kashif summited Mount Kanchenjunga (8,586m), third highest peak, Mount Lhotse (8,516m), fourth highest peak and Mount Makalu (8,485m), fifth highest peak.
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Nepal announces a hike in climbing fee for 8,000ers

Nepal has raised the climbing permit fee for all its 8,000ers by 36-40 percent. As a result, the new permit fee for climbing Mount Everest during the spring season has increased to $15,000 up from $11,000 per person.

Community participation to protect the rare elongated tortoise

Nepal has an opportunity to use community-driven conservation to protect the critically endangered elongated tortoise, which can be key to saving this species from extinction.

Adriana Brownlee becomes youngest female climber to complete 14 peaks

French climber Alasdair Scot Mckenzie, 20, Pakistani Shehroze Kashif, 22, and British Adriana Brownlee, 23, are the youngest of the batch of 13 climbers who completed 14-peak challenge on Wednesday.