First ascents
Sherpa Brothers Bag Unclimbed 6,000’er in Khumbu
It has become a welcome trend: After sherpas finish...
Chinese Bag First Ascent of World’s 4th-Highest Unclimbed Peak
Some of the highest unclimbed peaks lie in remote...
Remembering Gunter Oskar Dyhrenfurth
On this day in 1886, the German-Swiss mountaineer, geologist,...
Light Japanese Teams Succeed on Two Little-Known 6,000’ers in Nepal
Akihiro Oishi, Hiroki Suzuki, and Suguru Takayanagi have made...
Adam Bielecki and Louis Rousseau Target Unclimbed Karakoram Peak
Adam Bielecki of Poland and Louis Rousseau of Canada...
A First Ascent in the Karakoram’s Shimshal Valley
Philip de-Beger of the UK, Lorenzo Heis of Switzerland,...
Team Makes Three First Ascents in Northern Pakistan
An international team of four climbers has made three...
Piolet d’Or Winner Yuri Koshelenko Bags First Ascent in Indian Himalaya
Flying under the radar as usual while climbing in...
Earliest-Known Rock Climb Stood Unrepeated for Centuries
If people rock climbed before 1492, the evidence is...
Climbing History of the Peaks of the 2024 Cutting Edge Grants. Part 2: Yashkuk Sar
Every spring for over a century, the American Alpine...
Strong Korean-Nepalese Team Heads for Unclimbed Jugal I and II
Renowned climber Um Hong-gil of South Korea is back...
Weekend Warm-Up: Sarcasm, Humor, and the First Ascent of Sura Peak
The trouble on Sura Peak, at first, was that...
Solo Climber Heads for Newly Opened Jugal 3
Nepal's Department of Tourism of Nepal has published an...
Weekend Warm-Up: Aguja Mermoz, As Straightforward As Patagonia Gets
Maybe surprisingly, the steep east face of Aguja Mermoz...
Top 10 Expeditions of 2023: #8: Kabru South
Peter Hamor didn't have a rewarding experience on Kangchenjunga...
New Route in Tien Shan Wins Russian Piolet d’Or
The new route up 6,873m Military Topographers Peak has...
Japanese Duo Attempts Unclimbed Peak in Eastern Nepal
Another Japanese team has just returned from the Kangchenjunga...
Piolet d’Or Winner Tim Miller On a True Climbing Adventure
Tim Miller is the Millennial half of a cutting-edge...
Nepal First Ascents: Tengi Ragi Tau, Dhamovar, Jugal 5
Several teams have just returned from Nepal with first...
Slovakian Duo Makes First Ascent of a Peruvian 5,000’er
From July 15 to Aug. 15, Slovakian climbers Marek...
