This mountain may not be as high or as famous as Everest, but it's a riskier endeavor requiring a higher level of skill and fitness to successfully summit.

When you think about the world’s highest mountains, Mount Everest probably comes to mind first. The planet’s roof is actually ...

Nelly Attar—the first Lebanese to summit the five highest mountains in the world—explains why taking risks isn’t part of the ...

(CNN) — A permit to climb the world’s tallest mountain costs an eye-popping $15,000 — and that’s before you add in the price of airfare, gear and a guide. But Nepal, which has long sought to diversify ...

An Indian Army expedition climbed Kangchenjunga from the Nepal side in May. Photo: RANVEER SINGH JAMWAL / INSTAGRAM Recent outrage in Sikkim over an Indian Army expedition climbing Kangchenjunga, the ...

An avalanche swept through a camp on Mount Yalung Ri in Nepal on Monday and killed five foreign climbers and two Nepali guides, officials said. Armed Police Force ...

Nepal issued climbing permits to 1,451 mountaineers from 176 teams this autumn, inviting them to scale 59 peaks. This includes six mountains over 8,000 meters. The government earned USD 1.81 million ...

A deadly avalanche on Nepal's Mount Yalung Ri killed seven climbers, including two Nepali guides, as rescuers face ...