SUMMIT WILD

Thamel is chaos in the best possible way. Narrow lanes packed with trekking shops, prayer flags overhead, and more good food than you'll ever have time to eat. Whether you've just landed in Kathmandu and want to ease in gently, or you've come off Everest Base Camp and are dreaming of anything that isn't dal bhat, here's our go to list. Roadhouse Cafe The Thamel classic. Proper stone oven pizza with a generous hand on the cheese. Simple, reliable and always busy for a reason.

A photo showing SPCC workers helping Hillary Dawa Sherpa (Photo: Temba Tsheri Sherpa/Facebook) On the morning of 4 June 2026, workers from the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee were doing what they do at the end of every Everest season: collecting rubbish left behind by commercial expeditions near the Khumbu Icefall. It is unglamorous, essential work. That morning, it became something else entirely. At Crampon Point, just below the icefall and not far from Base Camp, the

Kami Rita Sherpa pictured at Everest Base Camp in 2021. Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images On the morning of 17 May 2026, at exactly 10:12 a.m. Nepal Standard Time, a 56-year-old man from the Solukhumbu district stood once again at the roof of the world. Kami Rita Sherpa had just summited Mount Everest for the 32nd time, extending a world record that belongs entirely to him. It was not a comeback story. It was not a one-off feat. It was simply the latest chapter in a career tha

How Arc'teryx's ill-fated marketing spectacle near the Himalayas triggered a chain of consequences that shuttered Everest's north side for an entire climbing season. On the evening of 19 September 2025, a cascade of light erupted over the Tibetan plateau near Shigatse, China. A winding trail of fireworks spiralled upward from a mountain ridge at roughly 5,000 metres above sea level, forming the shape of a dragon against the Himalayan sky. It was, by most accounts, visually sp

Mount Everest has always demanded sacrifice from those who dare to reach its summit - months of training, physical endurance, and significant financial investment. But as the spring 2026 climbing season approaches, that financial burden just got substantially heavier. On September 1, 2025, Nepal implemented a dramatic 36% increase in Everest climbing permit fees, raising the cost from $11,000 to $15,000 per person during the popular spring season (March-May). This spring will

Nepal has just announced something very special for mountaineers and adventurers: for the next two years, climbing permits will be...

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