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Two performers from the Everest opera

An Opera About Everest 1996? The Reviews Are In

Eight years after it came to the stage in...
July 2, 2023
Horia's selfie with dry mountains and a lake behind him.

Horia Colibasanu: Alone On the Way to Broad Peak

Horia Colibasanu is among the last of a fading...
June 30, 2023
Close shot of bargiel in sponsored helmet and ski jacket.

Andrzej Bargiel to Ski Down the Gasherbrums

After skiing down K2 in 2018, Andrzej Bargiel of...
June 29, 2023
findik with one knee on the snow on a snow and rock summit, holding a Turkish flag, the line of clouds starting right at summit altitude.

Nanga Parbat: Vedrines, Goettler Almost Succeed on Rupal Face

David Goettler and Benjamin Vedrines describe their recent attempt...
June 28, 2023
Everest Base Camp

Just Collecting 8,000m Peaks No Longer Has Any Real Climbing Value

Guided summit collectors who seek fame merely exploit the...
June 28, 2023
Climbers proceed up a versical rock section with fixed ropes, in the fog.

Nanga Parbat: Many Still in Camp 3 in High Winds

Most of the roughly 25 climbers who summited Nanga...
June 26, 2023
Sangay's selfie of the two on Nanga Parbat, with snow-covered rocks in background.

Nanga Parbat Summits

Climbers summited Nanga Parbat today. The summit group was...
June 26, 2023
Harila's tracker with data showing, on a Nanga Parbat area's map.

Secretive Summit Push On Nanga Parbat

A summit push has begun on Nanga Parbat. It...
June 25, 2023
Alverez looks back as he walks up towards the mountain, on a snow field.

Summit Push Time On Nanga Parbat

On Nanga Parbat, the rope fixers have laid ropes...
June 22, 2023
Anna Tybor.

Anna Tybor Aims to Ski Down Broad Peak

Anna Tybor is in Pakistan to begin her Broad...
June 16, 2023

Back From the Dead: Anurag Maloo’s Message From Hospital

Indian climber Anurag Maloo spent three days in a...
June 15, 2023
Nanga Parbat from Fairy Meadows.

Pakistan: Czechs to Attempt Unclimbed Muchu Chhish, Pou Brothers Halted On Great Trango

An update on all the alpine action in Pakistan,...
June 12, 2023
Kristin Harila in a helicopter.

Controversy As Harila’s Team Summits Manaslu — By Using Helicopters in a New Way

The Seven Summit Treks sherpa team and their client,...
June 10, 2023
Denis Urubko and Pipi Cardell on a summit.

Urubko and Cardell Aim For a New Route on Gasherbrum I

Last year, Denis Urubko said he wanted to climb...
June 6, 2023
Kristin Harila and her sherpa team on Dhaulagiri last week.

Harila Bags Annapurna, Eighth 8,000’er This Year

Kristin Harila of Norway bagged her eighth 8,000'er of...
June 5, 2023
Many illuminated tents in the huge Base camp along the Khumbu glacier, surrounded by peaks, at dusk.

The Himalayan Database Stops Interviewing Commercial Climbers

Climbers on commercial expeditions will no longer have to...
June 4, 2023
Two climbers descending on Everest in 1922.

Before Hillary and Tenzing: Early Attempts On Everest

Before the first ascent of Everest on May 29,...
June 3, 2023
Suhajda Szilard sits on his down mittens and texts on his satellite device,Looking at Lhotse and Makalu.

Last Photo: Fellow Climber Captures Final Glimpse of Suhajda Szilard’s Everest Journey

Ben Ferrer, a member of the Seven Summit Climbs...
June 2, 2023
Gelje Sherpa carries a sick climber wrapped in a sleeping pad, traversing a snowy mountain slope.

Why Was This Everest’s Deadliest Season?

This season, Everest is again the center of attention,...
June 2, 2023
Eric Gilbertson.

More Kangchenjunga Summits

American Eric Gilbertson and Sherpa Pemba Thenduk summited 8,586m...
June 1, 2023
The two climbers pose with high-altitude down suits in a tent at some Base Camp.

Harila Hurries to Squeeze in Annapurna, Grace Tseng on Kangchenjunga

The monsoon may reach Nepal a little late, and...
May 31, 2023
Mateo Isaza during an acclimatization round on Everest.

Mateo Isaza: Everest No-O2 and a Dramatic Descent

This season, the first Everest summits came on May...
May 31, 2023

Luis Stitzinger Found Dead on Kangchenjunga

Today, a sherpa team on Kangchenjunga found the lifeless...
May 30, 2023
Abandoned tents and ropes on the Lhotse face.

Everest Camp 4 Swamped with Trash

The high number of fatalities and rescues was not...
May 30, 2023

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