As Nepal celebrated the third anniversary of the first winter ascent of K2, Manaslu and Annapurna climbers are going home.

Makalu Climbing Team Retreats Shy of Summit With the retreat of the climbing team attempting a winter ascent on Makalu, the ...

High winds thwarted the Makalu climbers, who have now aborted their expedition. But they were the only winter 8,000m team to ...

A fatal race made Tracee Metcalfe the closest to becoming the first American woman to summit all of the world’s 8,000-meter ...

Nepal is home to many of the most glowing touring courses in the world. Among these, the Everest Base Camp trip, Annapurna ...

Avalanches Rock Annapurna As the winter climbing season draws to a close in the Himalayas, two avalanches rocketed down the steep slopes of Annapurna over the w ...

Carbondale resident Blake Gordon will screen his snowboarding adventure film “Papsura: Peak of Evil” tonight at Aspen Collective at 7:45 p.m. The screening is part of Aspen Art Walk’s first event of ...

Everest, Manaslu, Makalu and Annapurna ... though Mattia Conte of Italy and five Sherpas from Seven Summit Treks remain on the mountain hoping for a final weather window. Also, a team remains ...

"The weather wasn't in our favor, and for the next two weeks on Manaslu, winds up to 150 kph make it impossible for an alpine-style summit push." The Italian explained that two more weeks in base ...

In 2018, he did the unimaginable: he became the first person to ski from the summit of K2 ... eight-thousanders in the Karakoram, as well as Manaslu and Lhotse – and tackling new challenges ...

Mount Everest is indeed the world's highest mountain, with its peak standing at 8,849m (that's 8.8km) above the ocean.