His last climb with Taniguchi was in 2013 to 7,611-meter-high Mount Shispare ... after opening a new route on its south face. Talking about his latest goal of conquering K2 by a new route, Hiraide ...

We examine the mountaineering career of the Duke of Abruzzi, who was born on this day in 1873. The energetic royal was ...

Vinson in Antarctica to close out 2024, elite mountain guiding company Madison Mountaineering returned to the ice to kick-off 2025 with another expedition team. This team, attempting to climb the ...

Lukas Furtenbach explains why using Xenon to help climb Everest in a week is a new tool but is really no different than ...

What’s the best route and how long did it take ... “No, not Everest, K2, or the walls of El Cap, I’m talking about Mt. Chipotle rising to great heights in the quaint village of Oakhurst ...

The attempt to return to climbing's true roots: by honest means and work, work, work. This, as always, is our only secret." Oscar Cadiach, Manel de la Matta, Jordi Corominas, Jordi Tosas and Valentí ...

Last August the body of the famous italian mountaineer Renato Casarotto was found in the De Filippi glacier, K2. We received ... It is one of the hardest routes in the Himalayas and the Karakorum. I ...

This week, alpinist Anatoli Boukreev would have turned 67. One of the best alpinists of the 20th century, Boukreev made hundreds of bold ascents.

Along with him, his Chinese climbing partners ... Nepal Mountaineering Association, Nepal National Mountain Guide Association, Mt Everest Summiteers Club Rolwaling, Imagine Nepal Treks and ...

Mingma G climbed Mt Dhaulagiri ... Lhotse and Broad Peak in 2018, K2, Makalu and Nanga Parbat in 2017, Gasherbrum-I in 2016 and Annapurna in 2015 without using bottled oxygen. "I am very happy, that I ...

That carefree motto–“I thought I would give it a shot”–has served Hyman well in his 21 years of life. His knack for adventure ...

Towering 8,611m and reaching into the heavens like a snowcapped pyramid, K2 is the world's second-tallest mountain (topped only by Everest) and arguably the hardest to climb. In Peak Danger ...