Two years ago we reported that the fee to climb K2 had increased for the first time in two decades and at the time it was seen as a reasonable …
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Nepal’s Department of Tourism has recently revealed that 329 climbers from 52 different countries have secured permits to scale seven Himalayan peaks during the upcoming autumn climbing season, signaling another …
High winds continue to thwart all attempts to summit Broad Peak, leaving the climbers at Base Camp feeling exhausted and disheartened. Over the weekend, three Russian climbers made a valiant …
Last week, Hungarian climbers David Klein and Marton Nagy faced a terrifying avalanche during their climb of the rarely attempted 7,403m Istor-O-Nal in the Hindu Kush. Miraculously, both survived the …
Record Breaking Climbs Mount Everest endured two remarkable record breaking summits on Sunday setting new records in the history of mountaineering. These achievements were executed by Kami Rita Sherpa a …
On Tuesday May 28 five climbers from two different groups required rescue due to cold-related injuries and immobility. While three have been rescued, two men remain stranded and exposed in …
As the 2024 Everest climbing season draws to a close, so does its first major Everest controversy. Local authorities in the Khumbu region have removed the unpopular billboard that had …
A Romanian climber died at Camp III on Mt Everest, and a Kenyan climber and his Sherpa guide went missing above 8,000 meters according to expedition organizers. Gabriel Tabara a …
This weekend, two incredible FKT runners, Tyler Andrews and Chris Fisher, are gearing up for a big challenge: attempting to break the speed record on Lhotse, one of the towering …
Once again this year, tragedy strikes at the start of climbing season as we mourn the loss of a local Sherpa worker. Just as before, the cause of death wasn’t …