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Season’s First Foreigner Summits Everest in Rare Solitude

Portuguese climber Pedro Queiros patiently waited 12 days between...

Everest: Kami Rita Evacuated With Snowblindness; Summit News Expected

Kami Rita Sherpa, who smashed his own record (again)...

Mingma G: No Airlifts On Kangchenjunga

Confusing reports and a previous rescue operation had suggested...

Adrian Ballinger Skis Makalu

Adrian Ballinger, together with Alpenglow Sherpas Dorji Sonam and...

Climber Missing on Lhotse After Avalanche

There's shocking news from Hong Sung-Taek's expedition to the...

Dhaulagiri Summits

Kristin Harila of Norway and the 8K Expeditions team...
Tents at Everest Camp 2

Everest: Russian Climber Dies in Camp 2

Pavel Kostrikin, a member of Alex Abramov's team, died...

Everest Summits, Nuptse Failure, Dhaulagiri Advance

Three hours ago, Kami Rita Sherpa's rope-fixing team reached...

More Summits on Kangchenjunga, Nuptse Next?

There were indeed no mistakes this time. Mingma G...
Eveerest-Lhotse from a different angl

Summit Push Updates: Dhaulagiri, Kangchenjunga, Everest!

Good weather has led to big summit pushes on...

Nuptse: Summit Push Begins at Last

Finally there's news from Nuptse. Or rather, a tracker...

Climber Who Refused to Turn Around Dies on Kangchenjunga

Indian climber Narayan Iyer (52) died at approximately 8,200m...

Dhaulagiri: Summit Push in Two Waves

Kristine Harila and Trifish are approaching Camp 3 on...

Makalu Summit Push About to Begin

On Makalu, climbers have acclimatized and are ready to...

Kangchenjunga Summits!

After 16 nerve-wracking hours without news, we now know...

Kangchenjunga Update: Some Climbers Already on Their Way to the Summit

Progress is faster than expected for some climbers on...

Dhaulagiri: Multi-Peak Climbers Speed For The Summit

After the first group of around 24 climbers summited...

Kangchenjunga Second Summit Push Begins: “No More Mistakes”

"This time won’t make mistake. Should reach summit." That's Mingma...

Nuptse: Controversy Around the ‘Everest Triple Crown’

British guide Tim Mosedale is a regular on Everest....

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,...

Corona and Bogdanov Rescued from Annapurna

Finally, there is good news from Annapurna. Helicopters have...

Confusion, Chaos on Annapurna: Who is Missing, Who is Safe?

Mishaps are piling up as climbers descend from the...

Kangchenjunga: Summit Push Details and Rescue Rumors Cleared Up

All climbers from yesterday's summit push on Kangchenjunga have...

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