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With the retreat of the climbing team attempting a winter ascent on Makalu, the winter climbing season in the Himalayas officially ends. The pristine mountain range will enjoy a respite from human ...

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 ...

The Himalayan Database, which has records of every expedition in Nepal since 1905, is regarded as the statistical bible of mountaineering. It tracks everything from summits to deaths to demographics, ...

Lhakpa Sherpa, the Nepali climber who holds the world record for the most Mount Everest summits by a woman, is preparing for ...

If it’s your first time mountaineering in the Himalayas, heed this advice for avoiding common mistakes with gear, nutrition, and more. Whether you’ve got access to modern civilization or not, it’s ...

When the sun rose on the morning of October 5, climbers Fay Manners and Michelle Dvorak sat perched on a tiny rock ledge at 21,000 feet, high on the flanks of the 22,949-foot Himalayan peak Chaukhamba ...

Two veterans of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, both amputees, have conquered the Himalayas. The expedition included Ivan Tarn and Oleksandr Dashko, two veterans from the Artan and Kraken special ...