First ascents
Japanese Bag First Ascent of Gyala Peak Near Manaslu
Masayuki Takenaka, 36, Tatsuro Sugimoto, 37, and Ryota Nomura,...
Japanese to Attempt First Ascent of 6,000’er Near Manaslu
Masayuki Takenaka, 36, Tatsuro Sugimoto, 37, and Ryota Nomura,...
Chinese Climbers Bag First Ascent of ‘Hellishly Difficult’ Route in Sichuan
Last month, Chinese climbers Kong Weijie and Xian Lin...
How to Get a Permit to Solo Climb Peaks in Restricted Areas of Nepal
A question from a reader planning a trip to...
Not All First Ascents Are the Same – The Move to Commercialize Unclimbed Peaks
We typically consider the first ascents of Himalayan mountains...
Despite Last Year’s Price Hikes, Pakistan Remains a Bargain for High-Altitude Mountaineering
Climbing fees in Pakistan have not increased in 2026,...
New Routes, Partial New Routes, and Variations: What’s the Difference?
Opening a new route is every climber's dream, but...
New Details on the First Ascent of Chumik Kangri, in a Long-Closed Corner of Pakistan
As we reported earlier this fall, a three-man Polish-Slovak...
Francois Cazzanelli Finally Summits Kimshung After a Decade of Trying
Francois Cazzanelli has finally made the first ascent of...
First Ascent of a 6,000m Karakoram Peak
Marco Schwidergall, Tomasz Rodzynkiewicz of Poland, and Matej Prcin...
Two Parties Attempting Little-Known 6,000’ers This Spring
The climbing permits issued recently by Nepal's Department of...
Sharphu Mystery Solved: First Ascent It Is – of a Different Peak!
The mystery surrounding a recent Nepalese-Chilean expedition to, let's...
Cerro Torre, 1959: One of Mountaineering’s Most Disputed Ascents
Today is the 66th anniversary of the disputed --...
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...
