Kris Annapurna
Kris Annapurna @KrisAnnapurna reports about outdoor activities, current expeditions, and stories related to the history of mountaineering in the Karakoram, Himalaya, Tien Shan, and other ranges.
Hungarian Summits Lhotse w/o O2; Plus Other News from Everest & Lhotse
Everest and Lhotse had a new wave of O2...
Kenton Cool Notches 16th Everest Summit; Plus Sunday News from Everest and Lhotse
British guide Kenton Cool and his client Rebecca Louise...
“No Summit is Worth this. I Quit!” — Kangchenjunga; Plus Accident on Makalu
No-O2 climbers struggled today, winds on Everest have delayed...
The West Pillar of Makalu and Why Batard’s Speed Ascent is Still the Fastest
First, let's set the scene with some background on...
Buddhist Monk Makes First Ascent of Saula (6,235m) Near Manaslu
Japanese alpinist and Buddhist monk Daijo Saito announced today...
11 Chinese Summit Everest; More on Annapurna, Other 8,000’ers
Annapurna
Yesterday, we conveyed the first impressions of some of...
Annapurna Roundup: 30 Summits, Two Frostbitten Climbers, Three Rescues
Thanks to a successful helicopter longline rescue this morning,...
Second Seven Summits: Mount Townsend
The Second Seven Summits involves climbing the second-highest peak...
Annapurna Climbers Struggle; Plus Updates on the Other 8,000’ers
Annapurna (8,091m) summit push
Heavy snowfall has prompted the 8K...
Spring Himalayan Update: More on Who’s Where, Doing What
Peter Hamor, Marius Gane and Horia Colibasanu arrived yesterday...
Nima Tenji Sherpa Dies in Everest’s Khumbu Icefall
Nima Tenji Sherpa, a climbing guide from Waku, Solukhumbu...
A Lone Ukrainian Will Climb Everest; Plus Updates From Makalu, Kangchenjunga, Lhotse, Annapurna
Climbers on most of the spring Himalayan mountains are...
Rescue on Dhaulagiri: Dawa Sherpa is Safe in Base Camp
Chhang Dawa Sherpa of Seven Summit Treks has told...
Mount Logan, North America’s Second-Highest Peak
Mount Logan (5,959m) is the highest mountain in Canada...
Mount Tyree, Antarctica’s Second-Highest Peak
The Second Seven Summits, the less-known and more difficult...
Escape from Camp 354: Mount Kenya, 1943
The history of Africa's second-highest peak culminates in the...
Great Tales in Mountaineering History: Mount Asgard, 1994
In 1994, Noel Craine, Paul Pritchard, Steve Quinlan, and...
Great Tales in Mountaineering History: Minya Konka, 1982
Here, we tell the story of Minya Konka, a...
Gurans Himal: Stories From the Far Western Himalaya
In the far northwest of Nepal lies a little-known...