Himalaya

K2 Expedition Hits Winter; Small Teams to Shimshal, Langtang

John Snorri and the Sadparas are already experiencing the...
December 3, 2020

Peter van Geit: 5,000km Through the Indian Himalaya

Peter van Geit spent three months during the initial...
December 2, 2020

Ama Dablam 2020: Climbing in an Empty Khumbu

Surreal. Wonderful. Those are the words chosen by Garrett...
November 25, 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

More Ama Dablam Summits

Again, summits are piling up, as climbers head up...
November 13, 2020

Skiing Nepal and Pakistan: A New Winter Trend?

At least two expeditions are preparing to carve new...
November 12, 2020

Summit Day on Ama Dablam

For the few who have been lucky enough to...
November 11, 2020

Pandemic Helps Ladakh’s Snow Leopards

  In the last few years, Ladakh has been in...
November 9, 2020

Nepal’s Highway to Everest: Good or Bad?

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

Teams Progress on Ama Dablam

Lakpa Dendi Sherpa and Gesman Tamang from Seven Summit...
November 5, 2020

The New Alpinism: Sani Pakush

The old days when 8,000m was a reliable yardstick...
October 30, 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

Nepal Changes Its Mind Again

Just hours after Nepal announced that as of October...
October 14, 2020

K6 Summit Tomorrow, Bahrainis in Manaslu Base Camp

Although Colin Haley abandoned the K6 expedition last week,...
October 7, 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

Weekend Warm-Up: UFO Life

This documentary has it all: Messner, Scott, UFOs, broken...
October 3, 2020

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

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

Bahrainis Start Toward Lobuche, Climbers on Baruntse and K6

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

Ang Rita Dies at 72

Ang Rita was the second Sherpa after Tenzing Norgay...
September 21, 2020

Interview with Felix Berg, Part II

Yesterday, we ran the first part of an interview...
September 15, 2020

Interview with Felix Berg about Shimshal First Ascents and More, Part I

Just when it seemed that no foreign expeditions would...
September 14, 2020

Colin Haley on K6, Nepal Issues Permits Again, and More

In a last-minute decision, Colin Haley, an Italian-American who...
September 8, 2020

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