The Polish mountaineer achieves the Guinness World Record after linking Lhotse and Everest without oxygen in 1 day, 23 hours and 22 minutes, lowering the previous record by five days.

Climbing the world’s 14 highest peaks — all located in the Himalayas — has long represented the ultimate objective in alpinism. From K2 to Annapurna, these mountains present some of the toughest ...

The second, or fall, climbing season in the Himalaya will soon end. Deep winter will soon envelope the highest mountains in the world rendering these giants unclimbable. Several expeditions have set ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Officials in Nepal recently implemented a new safety measure for climbers embarking on the daunting journey to conquer Mount ...

Endurance athlete Tyler Andrews, 34, recently broke the Fastest Known Time (“FKT”) on the 8th highest mountain in the world – Manaslu. He accomplished this feat on September 19, 2024, in 9 hours and ...

In the 1980s, exploratory alpinists Mick Fowler and Victor Saunders stunned the climbing community when they first climbed the Golden Pillar of Spantik. Fowler described their difficult line as the ...

The tumultuous 2023 Himalayan climbing season was marked by both triumph and tragedy. More climbers than ever set out for Mount Everest’s summit, and 17 died on the mountain, the most ever in a season ...

LOOK UP: A fore-shortened view of Lhotse's imposing South Face from the summit of Island Peak. Photo: EDWARD MORGAN Last spring, I climbed a couple of easy 6,000ers in Nepal with Howard Lister. When ...

Himlung Himal (7,126m) on the border between Manang and Mustang where an Australian climber Chin-Tark Chan died on 29 October. Photo: ASIATICROADS.COM The autumn mountaineering season is not over yet, ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The National Assembly of Nepal has passed the Integrated Tourism Bill that will significantly transform the expedition procedures in the Himalayan mountains. These changes include ...

Highland Park native Alex Pancoe, who made headlines for his mountain climbing and fundraising as a cancer survivor, died Sunday climbing the fifth-highest mountain in the world, leaving his young ...