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Gesman Tamang looks far away, wrapped in a fur hood, in a snowy day.

Gesman Tamang: The Long, Hard Path from Cook to Elite Guide

Gesman Tamang belongs to the new generation of Nepali...
huge snow avalanche comes down Nanga Parbat's Kinshoffer face.

Avalanche Video: This is Why the Nanga Parbat Summit Push Was Aborted

On Saturday, Mingma G decided to call his Nanga...
Nanga Parbat under a growing mass of clouds.

Avalanches Roar Down Nanga Parbat; Mingma G Aborts Expedition

Yesterday, the Imagine Nepal team was preparing to leave...
Climbers head towards the sun on a snowy ridge.

Manaslu: Crowds Come For the Chance of a True Summit, But How Many Will Actually Get There?

Manaslu is going to attract hundreds of climbers this...
Andrzej Bargiel presenting the Everest project at a press conference, shared live on YouTube

Andrzej Bargiel to Ski Everest

Not content with K2, extreme skier Andrzej Bargiel has...
Climbers are just tiny dots on a massive, broken glacier, as seen from Nanga parbat glacier.

Nanga Parbat Team Switches to Messner Route

On Nanga Parbat's Kinshoffer route, rocks continue to rain...
Grace Tseng, without O2 but surrounded by her Sherpa team on O2, joins the lines on the upper sections of K2.

Conflict, Garbage, Controversy: Lessons From K2

The industrialization of high-altitude climbing that happened on Everest...
Sanu Sherpa in a barber's chair

Karakoram Season Ends; Mingma G Gambles on Nanga Parbat

Last month, Sanu Sherpa became the first person to...
Naila Kiani of pakistan poses in the gasherbrums BC, with GII at her back.

An Epic Descent: Two Ailing No-O2 Climbers Helped Down Gasherbrum 1

They wanted the summit badly, they had no supplementary...

Pakistanis Summit Gasherbrum I

This morning, all six members of the Pakistani team,...
Portrait of smiling Kashif in K2 Base Camp

Gasherbrum I: Six Pakistanis, Including 20-Year-Old Sheroze Kashif, Going For the Summit Tonight

Nepali guides Pasdawa Sherpa, Dawa Ongchu, Nima Gyalzen, and...
Picture of Gasherbrum I with a red line showing the last part of the climb, from Camp 3 to the summit.

Harila Notches Number 11 on Gasherbrum I; Just Three More to Go

But to beat Nirmal Purja's speed record up all...
Night scene from Masherbrum

Hard Conditions on Masherbrum and Gasherbrum I

Marek Holecek and Radoslav Groh are advancing slowly on...
Piles of garbage on K2

Climber Appalled by K2 Conditions, Calls it a ‘Pigsty’

Flor Cuenca of Peru doesn't make as many headlines...
Kristin Harila smiles some days ago at K2 Base Camp

Gasherbum II: Harila and Company Summit #10

Kristin Harila, Pasdawa Sherpa, and Dawa Ongchu have summited...
Two climbers stand out in black against the all-white glacier on approach to Masherbrum.

The Madman’s Ball: Alpine-Style Push on Masherbrum

This might be the last good weather window in...

Beyond Oxygen: What it Means to Have A Sherpa At Your Side

Yes, there is a clear distinction between climbing an...
L/R: Pakistan's climbers Imtiaz Sadpara, Sajid sadpara and Shehroze Kashif

Far From Empty: Who’s Still Climbing in the Karakoram?

Over 150 climbers summited K2 recently, but now most...
Capture of drone footage around K2 summit, showing the climbers on the top and the mountain landscape around.

K2 Summit Seen As Never Before: From a Drone

Photographer Sandro Gromen-Hayes had a history of poor luck...
selfie of Denis Urubko

Urubko Goes Home — No Record This Time

Denis Urubko has decided to go home without breaking...
spiy Masherbrum in yellow light

Czechs Acclimatize for Masherbrum Epic; Plus More Karakorum News

The Czech team of Tomas Petrecek, Marek Holecek, and...

Denis Urubko Summits K2 Alone, Closes in on Record

Denis Urubko summited K2 (8,611m) this morning at 7:30...

K2 — On the Eve of His 49th Birthday, Urubko Keeps Driving

Denis Urubko arrived at K2 Base Camp yesterday. By...

Record Time on K2; Plus, Harila and Nims Neck and Neck

This morning has seen new summits on K2, Broad...

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