Mountaineering

Breaking: Missing Malaysian Climber Found Alive

A team of Sherpas led by Nirmal Purja have located...
April 25, 2019
Khumbu Icefall 2019. Photo: Ryan Waters

Insider Report: Everest BC to Camp 2 in Great Shape

While the climbing world's attention shifts towards light, no-O2...
April 24, 2019

Malaysian Climber Missing on Annapurna

Malyasian climber Wui Kin Chin is currently missing on Annapurna....
April 24, 2019

Spring Himalaya Update: Off We Go!

In Nepal, commercial expeditions on Everest have set out...
April 24, 2019
Annapurna Base Camp. Image by Seven Summits Treks.

Breaking: Dozens Summit Annapurna Today

Once a rarely visited 8000'er because of its complexity...
April 23, 2019

Romanian-Slovakian Team Reach Dhaulagiri

Horia Colibășanu of Romania and Peter Hamor of Slovakia...
April 23, 2019

Bodies of Lama, Auer and Roskelley Recovered

Yesterday, Parks Canada, the Canadian National Parks agency, recovered...
April 22, 2019

Hong Sung-Taek Returns to Lhotse South Face

This is the story of a lifelong personal quest....
April 22, 2019

Weekend Warm-Up: Far Away

"Kat starts grinding into an off-width and then this...
April 20, 2019

David Lama, Hansjörg Auer and Jess Roskelley Missing in Avalanche

Three of the world's most talented alpinists, Austrians David Lama...
April 18, 2019
Alex Txikon

Txikon Interview, Part II: What Really Happened to Nardi and Ballard

The most-discussed aspect of Alex Txikon's winter K2 expedition...
April 15, 2019

Weekend Warm-Up: The Towers of Ennedi

Totally off the tourist radar, rarely seen by the...
April 13, 2019
Basque (Spanish) Alex Txikon on winter K2

Exclusive: Alex Txikon on a Troubled K2 Winter Base Camp

Alex Txikon has both done a lot and has...
April 11, 2019

Is it Possible to Climb the Highest Peak in Every Country in the World in One Lifetime?

Whether down a river, up a mountain, through a...
April 10, 2019

Weekend Warm-Up: Uruca II, Bugaboos Edition

This animated film stresses human -- some would say...
April 6, 2019

Bielecki: Why I’m Going Back to Annapurna

Polish climbing ace Adam Bielecki is leaving this weekend...
April 5, 2019

Jannu Climbers: Safe at Last

For the past six days, fans of Himalayan mountaineering...
April 2, 2019

Ethnic and climbing travel across the continents

I have been realizing my travel and climbing project...
March 31, 2019

Weekend Warm-up: Twenty

With many sports, you can imagine the emotion that...
March 31, 2019

Weary Climbers Continue Down Jannu

Fifteen days after setting off up the Southeast Face...
March 30, 2019

Forecasting the Weather on Mount Everest

You don't need a PhD to forecast the weather...
March 29, 2019

Jannu: Decision Made, They’re Going Down

After 13 precarious days on 7,710m Mount Jannu, Sergey...
March 28, 2019

Decision Time on Jannu: Forward or Back?

Sergey Nilov and Dimitry Golovchenko face an impending decision...
March 26, 2019

Russians Reach Crux on Jannu

Sergey Nilov and Dimitry Golovchenko have now passed 7,000m...
March 25, 2019

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