Mountaineering

Bargiel K2-Bound after Abandoning Gasherbrum II

Polish ski mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel is currently in the Karakorum...
July 8, 2018

Serge Dessureault Dies on K2

Fifty-three-year-old Canadian climber Serge Dessureault has fallen to his...
July 8, 2018

Breaking News: Fatality on Ulter Sar

Austrian climber Christian Huber has died in an avalanche...
June 30, 2018

Weekend Warm-Up: How a Middle-Aged Cancer Survivor Made Mountain Running History

Fell running originated around 1,000 years ago in the...
June 29, 2018

Mike Horn Turned Back on Nanga Parbat

Mike Horn has abandoned on Nanga Parbat. The South African...
June 28, 2018

Hansjorg Auer Begins Solo of Lupghar Sar

Austrian mountaineer Hansjörg Auer has begun his solo climb...
June 28, 2018

LIVING COLOURS: ‘Mount Everest is taller but K2 is more challenging’

By Jamal Shahid Garret Madison climbs 8,000 metre plus peaks...
June 26, 2018

Pakistani-Swedish Team Targets Mt. Spantik

A joint Pakistani-Swedish expedition has set out to tackle...
June 26, 2018

South Koreans Survive Avalanche on Latok One

Last week, three South Korean climbers, led by Eun...
June 25, 2018

Weekend Warm-Up: No Turning Back – Hansjörg Auer

This week, ExWeb reported that Austrian mountaineer Hansjörg Auer...
June 22, 2018

Colin O’Brady’s 50HP World Record Attempt

Colin O’Brady is currently on Denali, in Alaska, on...
June 21, 2018

Hansjörg Auer to solo Lupghar Sar West

Austrian mountaineer Hansjörg Auer has just departed for 7,181m...
June 18, 2018

Andrzej Bargiel Aims to Ski K2

Polish ski mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel is again heading to the...
June 17, 2018

Weekend Warm-Up: Re-enacting the First Climb of Bugaboo Spire

Earlier this week, we reported on the upcoming expedition...
June 15, 2018

A Human Powered Seven Summits

As a teenager, Jelle Veyt was living on the...
June 14, 2018

Dave MacLeod Bags the 24/8 Challenge

Back in 2006, a modest and humble Scotsman sent...
June 12, 2018

Knickers and Hemp Ropes on Mount Waddington

Many of us may wonder what it was like...
June 9, 2018

The Last Days of Boyan Petrov

Alexandr Nastenko is an Ukrainian climber, who took part...
June 8, 2018

Mike Horn to climb Nanga Parbat

In a break from his ongoing Pole2Pole project, in...
June 7, 2018

Everest Today: “A Sign of Devolution”

What climbing the world’s highest peak means today. Read an...
June 4, 2018

Spring 2018 Himalayan Recap

The Spring 2018 Himalaya season has come to a...
June 2, 2018

Luke Smithwick Thwarted on Labuche Kang III

Last month, experienced Himalayan alpinist and guide Luke Smithwick travelled...
June 2, 2018

Japanese K2 Expedition Arrives in Pakistan

Japanese climber Akira Oyabe and his expedition have arrived...
May 29, 2018

10 Vital Truths to Upgrade Skills and Avoid Deadly Risks

Mountains can be dreadfully unforgiving. One needs to pay...
May 29, 2018

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