Nepal will make climbing permits free for 97 of its Himalayan mountains to create more tourism in some of its remote provinces.

It's not only dangerous to take a crack at summiting Mount Everest, it's an exclusive and pricey club to try to join. With permit fees set to hit $15,000 next month (a $4,000 hike, and the first in nearly a decade),

For the next 2 years, nearly 100 mountains in the Nepalese Himalayas will be free to climb — no government fee required. This change to the country’s tourism policy, first reported by The Kathmandu Post last week, comes at the same time as several significant changes to regulations of Nepal’s most sought-after peaks.