“In the grand scheme of the cost to climb Everest, it won’t impact most foreign climbers,” Kenton Cool, a British mountaineer who has summited Everest 18 times, tells BBC News’ Gavin Butler.

Nepal has hiked the cost of an Everest climbing permit by a third ... "Our government just increases the royalty, but doesn't do much," he said. "It needs to also provide support to the climbers ...

The first documented person to climb the "Seven ... have disposable income and free time," Cockrell says. Therefore, they're more able to do something like join an Everest trip.

During the winter months, climbing season transitions to the southern hemisphere, which includes Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the world outside of Asia. Aconcagua stands 22,841 feet (6,961 ...

The country will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35% ... fee that has been in place for nearly a decade. “The royalty (permit fees) had not been reviewed ...