By Mongabay.com A surge in “helicopter tourism” at Sagarmatha, the Nepali name for Mount Everest, is adversely affecting the ...

open image in gallery Bright yellow tents in Mount Everest Base Camp, Khumbu glacier and mountains, Sagarmatha national park, Nepal, Himalayas (Getty Images/iStockphoto) Nepal is often criticised ...

Nepal has sharply increased the climbing permit fees for Qomolangma, which is also known as Mount Everest in the West, and ...

Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world, stands 29,029 feet. Located in the Himalayas on the Nepal-Tibet border and known as "Sagarmatha" in Nepali and "Chomolungma" in Tibetan ...

But they have also been used to give mountaineering teams and tourists a shortcut over challenging terrain in the Sagarmatha ...

Mount Everest faces severe pollution due to trekking ... Not only local authorities, but the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC), a local NGO, is also making tremendous efforts by ...

High-level officials and icefall doctors of the Sagarmatha pollution Control Committee, who are currently in South Korea for ...

Nepali airlines have resumed helicopter rescue operations in the Everest region after local protests had suspended flights ...

But they have also been used to give mountaineering teams and tourists a shortcut over challenging terrain in the Sagarmatha National Park, home to Mount Everest, the world's highest peak.