But colonizers of New Zealand in the 18th and 19th centuries took first the name of Taranaki and then the mountain itself. In ...

Climbing to the tallest peak, Mount Everest, is about to get more expensive with Nepal set to increase the permit price by over 36 percent. Nepal's main source of revenue and employment is income from ...

Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35%, making the world’s tallest peak more expensive for mountaineers for the first time in nearly a decade ...

Nepal has sharply increased permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by 36 per cent and also introduced a slew of measures aimed at controlling garbage pollution on the world's tallest peak ...

Nepal has sharply increased permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by 36 per cent and also introduced a slew of measures aimed at controlling garbage pollution on the world's tallest peak, officials ...

The price to climb Mount Everest will soon increase for the first time in nearly a decade, as Nepal announces a sharp mark-up in permit fees. From September, those seeking to summit the world's ...

Kathmandu, Jan 22 (IANS) The Nepali government has significantly increased climbing permit fees for Mount Everest or Mount Qomolangma, an official said on Wednesday.The climbing fee for foreigners was ...

After a three-hour climb we sat perched on the scree, halfway up Mount Taranaki in New Zealand, surrounded by a vast expanse of tranquil clear blue sky, when the calmness was broken by a puff of wind ...

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Conquering Mount Everest is no easy feat for the body, mind — and bank account. Nepal plans to increase the price of Everest climbing permits by about 36%, the first rise in almost a decade.