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K2’s Abruzzi Route: What’s Going On, What May Lie Ahead

Under the leadership of Mirza Ali and Karakorum Expeditions,...

Gasherbrum I: A Climber’s Guide

  Spanish climber and 14x8,000m summiter Ferran Latorre describes the...

A 12-Year-Old Girl Will Try to Climb Broad Peak

A local Pakistani girl aims to become the youngest...

Pakistan: Camp 1 on Gasherbrum I

Climbers have reached Base Camp by the Gasherbrums, and...

Pakistan: Summit Push on Biarchedi I

K2 teams are approaching Base Camp and bad weather...

All-Nepali K2 Expedition Arrives in Pakistan

Two weeks ago, Pakistan relaxed its ban against Nepali...

Sajid Sadpara on his Return to K2 and What Happened Up There

Last week, we wrote how a number of climbers...

Pakistan: Blizzard Delays Action

Climbers are either on their way to Pakistan or...

Pakistan Roundup: Who’s Doing What, and Where, This Summer

As teams converge on Pakistan, we've learned of more...

K2: Looking for Answers

This summer, filmmaker Oswald Rodrigo Pereira has returned to...

Manaslu: It’s Harder Than Ever Now

In late 2019, ExplorersWeb revealed an uncomfortable truth about...

Broad Peak: A Climber’s Guide

Billi Bierling of the Himalayan Database describes the normal...

Pakistan: Uncertain Flights, Secret Plans, and Stomach Bugs

For the increasing number of climbers aiming to double...

Horia Colibasanu on “The Toughest Climb of My Life”

Horia Colibasanu spoke to ExplorersWeb this week about his...

Pakistan: Roundup of Summer Expeditions

After the disappointing season in Nepal, teams currently heading...

Time for Pakistan: Local Guides to Lead K2 Teams for the First Time

Some weeks ago, Mingma Gyalge Sherpa of Imagine Nepal...

K2 West Ridge: Interview with Ian Welsted

The Savage Mountain was been tamed with O2 and...

Himalayan Season Wrapup

The spring Himalayan season had ended, with decidedly mixed...
K2 photo, transmitted over the new communications tower

K2 Goes Online

Karakorum climbers will no longer have to text over...
Qatar jet takes off from Kathmandu

After Everest, How Do Climbers Get Home From Nepal?

For climbers and the few remaining trekkers, fleeing Nepal...

Newcomers’ Guide: The Seven Summits

The Seven Summits has become part of the adventure...

David Goettler and Kilian Jornet Turn Back on Everest

No-O2 climbers David Goettler and Kilian Jornet have turned...
rock, snow, and ice on the Everest summit pyramid.

Updated: More Summits on Everest; No Go on Lhotse

More climbers summited Everest today, including several teams outfitted...

More Everest Summits; Purja to Lead Lhotse Climb Tomorrow

Nirmal Purja and his team left Camp 4 last...

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