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K2 Summit Night: They’re Off!

And away we go. The push to the summit...
January 15, 2021

Top Expeditions 1970-2020, #1: Messner Solos Everest

Beyond the intrinsic value of the activity itself, adventure...
December 31, 2020

Top Expeditions 1970-2020, #3: Shishapangma South Face

Audentes fortuna iuvat, the ancient Romans used to say...
December 29, 2020

Top Expeditions 1970-2020, #7: Annapurna South Face

On 8,000m peaks, the ultimate goal is to reach...
December 25, 2020

Top Expeditions 1970-2020, #10: Bargiel Skis K2

Every year around this time, ExplorersWeb usually offers its...
December 22, 2020

Everest Height Controversy Ends

After a decade of controversy, Nepal and China have...
December 8, 2020

Legendary Mountaineer Doug Scott Dies

News has just broken that the great British mountaineer...
December 7, 2020

What if No One Has Actually Summited All the 8,000’ers?

Every year, there is controversy about summit claims on...
November 27, 2020

Legendary Scottish Climber Hamish MacInnes Dies

Scotland’s greatest climber, Hamish MacInnes, has died at the...
November 24, 2020

Interview with Reinhold Messner

As I dial the number, I draw a sharp...
November 16, 2020

The Quest to Measure Everest’s New Altitude

This year, an unusually lonely Everest has been climbed...
November 10, 2020

Winter K2 News, Ama Dablam Summit Push

It's another 40 days before the ever-growing Winter K2...
November 9, 2020

Nepal’s Highway to Everest: Good or Bad?

"Nepal Building a Highway to Everest". The headline that...
November 6, 2020

Ama Dablam, Winter K2 Preparations

More climbers are signing on to winter K2, beyond...
November 3, 2020

Teams Head to Khumbu Despite Closure Rumors

Teams are currently heading to Ama Dablam and nearby...
October 26, 2020

Five Last Great Alpine Climbs

By the mid-19th century, most of Europe's major alpine...
October 23, 2020

The Everest Lawsuit: Exclusive Interview with Garret Madison

It is not surprising that in a normal season,...
October 19, 2020

Nepalis Summit Baruntse!

It's almost hard to believe during this somber year,...
October 15, 2020

Manaslu Summited

The Bahraini expedition reached the summit of Manaslu at...
October 15, 2020

Himalayan Update: Manaslu and Nepal’s 6,000’ers

The Bahraini team are back in Manaslu Base Camp,...
October 13, 2020

First Summit of 2020 in Nepal, Death and Rescue in Pakistan

Bahrain's Royal Prince Sheik Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa...
October 5, 2020

Cho Oyu Success, Pakistan Peaks and an Expedition to Winter K2!

The Chinese expedition on Cho Oyu summited earlier today....
October 1, 2020

Denis Urubko Clarifies his Winter K2 Rumors

Denis Urubko made waves recently at Poland's Ladek Mountain...
September 29, 2020

Bahrainis Start Toward Lobuche, Climbers on Baruntse and K6

After some days in Kathmandu, waiting out the quarantine...
September 24, 2020

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