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 ...

Fay Manners and Michelle Dvorak were perched high on the snowy face of a Himalayan mountain when disaster struck their quest to become the first to summit its peak. At more than 6,000 meters (about 20 ...

A Slovenian women’s team has climbed four new, highly committed routes in the Indian Himalaya. It included the first ascent of 6,243m Lalung I, in pure alpine style. In late August, Anja Petek, ...

Remote Pauhunri peak lies in the Eastern Himalaya, on the border between Sikkim, India, and Tibet. In 1911, it became the highest peak ever summited, yet it remains little known compared with other ...

A prominent Slovak mountaineer died after climbing the tough east face of the 99th highest peak in the world, his climbing partner said. Ondrej Huserka, known for scaling the Alps, Patagonia, and ...

Rescuers in Nepal airlifted some injured climbers to safety. The avalanche followed heavy snowfall produced by Cyclone Montha. By Binod Ghimire Reporting from Kathmandu, Nepal An avalanche struck a ...

On Sunday, May 4, American climber Alex Pancoe died on the slopes of Nepal’s 27,838-foot Makalu, the world’s fifth-highest mountain. Pancoe was completing an acclimatization hike in preparation for a ...

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, ...

Fay Manners and Michelle Dvorak were perched high on the snowy face of a Himalayan mountain when disaster struck their quest to become the first to summit its peak. At more than 6,000 meters (about 20 ...