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

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

On a recent day, as Martinez hummed to music playing over the shop’s speakers, she proclaimed Oakhurst is the real “gateway ...

We celebrate 11 of the most beautiful mountains in the world: from the Alaskan wilds and remote Greenland to the giants of ...

Holli Martinez owns a gift shop in the central Sierra Nevada community of Oakhurst. Her business, “7 Rivers Pickers,” is stacked floor to ceiling with hoodies, dresses, mugs and stickers. She said it’ ...

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